Under household government: sex and family in puritan massachusetts
Auteur :
Morris, M. Michelle Jarrett
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674066335
Date de publication :
7 janv. 2013
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Puritans were not as busy policing their neighbors’ behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many early American historians would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too much of their time. Under Household Government reveals that family members took on the role of watchdogs in matters of sexual indiscretion.