Moral panics, sex panics : fear and the fight over sexual rights / edited by Gilbert Herdt.

Other author Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionx, 294 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Gay rights--United States. --History.
Gender identity--United States. --History.
Sexual minorities--United States. --History.
Ethical absolutism--History.
Sexual rights--United States. --History.

SeriesIntersections
Intersections (New York, N.Y.) ^A720434
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009000174
ISBN9780814737224 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0814737226 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814737231 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0814737234 (pb : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ76.8.U6 M67 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold