An Ordered Love: Sex Roles and Sexuality in Victorian Utopias--The Shakers, the Mormons, and the Oneida Community

by Louis J. Kern

Book Overview

An Ordered Love is the first detailed study of sex roles in the utopian communities that proposed alternatives to monogamous marriage: The Shakers (1779-1890), the Mormons (1843-90), and the Oneida Community (1848-79). The lives of men and women changed substantially when they joined one of the utopian communities. Louis J. Kern challenges the commonly held belief that Mormon polygamy was uniformly downgrading to women and that Oneida pantagamy and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807814431
• ISBN13: 9780807814437
• Release Date: February 1981
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

brilliant historical synthesis

Dr. Kern is one of the foremost intellectual historians in matters concerning alternative societies. I highly recommend this book. It is meticulously researched and highly informative. One should check out many of his historical/cultural articles for more of his work.