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Talk about sex : how sex ed battles helped ignite the right / Janice M. Irvine.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Irvine, Janice M., author.
Series:
Sexuality Studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Community and school--United States.
Community and school.
Sex instruction--Religious aspects.
Sex instruction.
Sex instruction--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (278 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2023]
Summary:
"A rich social history of how the American right wing used sex education as one of its first battlegrounds on which to build a political movement and regulate sexual morality by controlling sexual speech"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Redefining Sex, 1964: A Prologue
Days of Rage
Born-Again Sexual Politics
The New Sexual Revolution
Victims, Villains, . . . and Neighbors
Doing It with Words
The Passions of Culture Wars
The Politics of Aversion
If Asked, Don't Tell: A Final Comment
Epilogue to the 20th Anniversary Edition
On Methods and Terminology
Appendix: Opponents of Comprehensive Sex Education
Appendix to the 20th Anniversary Edition.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781439924235
1439924236

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