{"product_id":"desire-duty-at-oneida-tirzah-millers-intimate-memoir-9780253336934","title":"Desire \u0026 Duty at Oneida: Tirzah Miller's Intimate Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten between 1867 and 1879  this memoir by the most prominent woman of the younger generation at the Oneida Community is the first that deals explicitly and openly with the sexual conflicts there. It chronicles Tirzah Millers social and sexual life  including her relations with her uncle and lover  founder of the colony John H. Noyes  and her participation in the eugenics experiment Noyes dubbed \"\"stirpiculture\"\". Miller  a sensitive observer of the internal life at this celebrated communal family  details the shifting political forces within the community just before its breakup in 1880. Her memoir is full of intimate conversations with John H. Noyes about issues and personalities  her love affairs  her doubts about communism  her love of music  and her anguish over the loss of two partners. Throughout the account she is torn between her desire for romance and her duty to the community. The memoir  which begins when she is 20 and ends when she is 36  sheds light on several issues that are central to understanding this daring experiment in communal living and social engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648179593269,"sku":"ByrdShop_0253336937","price":192.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780253336934.jpg?v=1781711928","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/desire-duty-at-oneida-tirzah-millers-intimate-memoir-9780253336934","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}