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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herdt, Gilbert H., 1949-

Series:

Intersections (New York, N.Y.)

Intersections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay rights--United States--History.

Gay rights.

Gender identity--United States--History.

Gender identity.

Sexual minorities--United States--History.

Sexual minorities.

Ethical absolutism--History.

Ethical absolutism.

Sexual rights--United States--History.

Sexual rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Finalist for 2010 LGBT Anthology Award from the Lambda Literary AwardsUnwed 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 contributors also reveal how moral and sexual panics have become a mainstay of certain kinds of conservative efforts to win elections and gain power in moral, social, and political arenas. Moral Panics, Sex Panics provides new and important insights into the role that key moral panics have played in social processes, arguing forcefully against the political abuse of sex panics and for the need to defend full sexual and reproductive rights.Contributors: Cathy J. Cohen, Diane DiMauro, Gary W. Dowsett, Janice M. Irvine, Carole Joffe, and Saskia Eleonora Wieringa.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-9084-4

OCLC:

779828417