The closet and the cul-de-sac : the politics of sexual privacy in Northern California / Clayton Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Clayton, author.

Series:

Politics and culture in modern America.

Politics and culture in modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privacy, Right of--California--History--20th century.

Privacy, Right of.

Sexual rights--California--History--20th century.

Sexual rights.

Gay rights--California--History--20th century.

Gay rights.

Suburbanites--California--Social conditions--20th century.

Suburbanites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.

Summary:

The Closet and the Cul-de-Sac chronicles the rise of sexual privacy as a fulcrum of American cultural politics, focusing on the history of gay rights in the San Francisco Bay Area from World War II to the dawn of the culture wars in the 1970s and exploring how government policies shaped the cultural politics of the moderate suburbs.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction. From the Straight State to the Culture Wars

Part I. The Family and The State

Chapter 1. Sex and the Crowded City

Chapter 2. Public Policy and the Right to Privacy

Part II. The Suburban Metropolis

Chapter 3. Building Better Bedrooms

Chapter 4. Normative Communities

Chapter 5. Policing and Redeveloping the Queer City

Part III. The Era of Sexual Privacy

Chapter 6. Gay Privacy Politics

Chapter 7. A Moderate Revolution

Chapter 8. Gay Rights, the Religious Right, and a Moderate Right to Privacy

Epilogue. Seeking the Highest Meaning

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812295986

0812295986