Disputing the subject of sex : sexuality and public school controversies / Cris Mayo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayo, Cris.

Series:

Curriculum, cultures, and (homo)sexualities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex instruction--United States.

Sex instruction.

United States.

Homosexuality and education--United States.

Homosexuality and education.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 176 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2004]

Summary:

Sexuality remains a hotly debated subject, nowhere more so than in education. This perceptive and balanced book shows that discussions of sexuality and schooling can be simultaneously polarizing and democratizing. Disputing the Subject of Sex considers controversies over sex, AIDS, and gay-inclusive multicultural education, which offer especially fruitful opportunities to explore instances when community membership, schooling, and sexuality have collided. Rather than choosing sides, this book uses case studies, interviews with queer youth, and analysis of curricular texts to help readers understand how power dynamics play out in educational controversies, and how they can guide us to new ideas about students' abilities to learn and relate ethically to one another about the subject of sex.

Contents:

Part I Identity, Sexuality, and Theory

1 Sexuality and Theory 3

2 Cautions on the Subject 19

Part II Curricular Definitions of "Community" and "Sex"

3 Identity and the Monolithic Community 37

4 The Adolescent as Abstinent Heterosexual 65

Part III Complex Identity and Curricular Debates

5 Local Values and the Open Closet 97

6 Public Sex: The Abstinence Oath and Secondary Virginity 119

Conclusion: Curious Alliance 149.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index.

ISBN:

0742526585

OCLC:

55658501