ISBN:
0814737234
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0814737226
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9780814737231
,
9780814737224
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 294 p)
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Intersections
Series Statement:
Intersections Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Moral Panics, Sex Panics : Fear and the Fight over Sexual Rights
DDC:
306.760973
Keywords:
Gender identity History
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Sexual minorities History
;
Sexual rights History
;
Gay rights History
;
Ethical absolutism History
;
Sexual rights - United States - History
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Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Finalist for 2010 LGBT Anthology Award from the Lambda Literary Awards. Unwed teen mothers, abortion, masturbation, pornography, gay marriage, sex trafficking, homosexuality, and HIV are just a few in a long line of issues that have erupted into panics. These sexual panics spark moral crusades and campaigns, defining and shaping how we think about sexual and reproductive rights. The essays in Moral Panics, Sex Panics focus on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race and the "down low," to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. The con
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Moral Panics, Sexual Rights, and Cultural Anger; 2. The Religious Right and the Reshaping of Sexual Policy: Reproductive Rights and Sexuality Education during the Bush Years; 3. Black Sexuality, Indigenous Moral Panics, and Respectability: From Bill Cosby to the Down Low; 4. The "Gay Plague" Revisited: AIDS and Its Enduring Moral Panic; 5. Gay Marriage: The Panic and the Right; 6. Postcolonial Amnesia: Sexual Moral Panics, Memory, and Imperial Power; 7. Transient Feelings: Sex Panics and the Politics of Emotions; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E
Description / Table of Contents:
FG; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y;
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : moral panics, sexual rights, and cultural anger / Gilbert Herdt -- The religious right and the reshaping of sexual policy : reproductive rights and sexuality education during the Bush years / Diane di Mauro and Carole Joffe -- Black sexuality, indigenous moral panics, and respectability : from Bill Cosby to the down low / Cathy J. Cohen -- The "gay plague" revisited : AIDS and its enduring moral panic / Gary W. Dowsett -- Gay marriage : the panic and the right / Gilbert Herdt -- Postcolonial amnesia : sexual moral panics, memory, and imperial power / Saskia Eleonora Wieringa -- Transient feelings : sex panics and the politics of emotions / Janice M. Irvine.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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