Moral Panics, Sex Panics
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Moral Panics, Sex Panics by Gilbert Herdt
Focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. This book reveals 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.
The authors here provide thorough accounts of contemporary social and sexual issues that dominate social consciousness, media and politics. . the book offers a modern synopsis of how sex and sexuality continue to be embedded in political, educational and social debates. -- Lindsay Sprague * Social Anthropology *
Abortion, AIDS, non marital sex, homosexuality, pornography, contraception, sexual rights, and the rest have posed persistent threats and challenges across the world for some time. & Sex stands as a major political and moral symbol that marks boundaries and shapes change in cultures.Here an outstanding group of social scientists give a firm focus to the culture wars and moral panics that split cultures and speak to persistent and deep divides round the world. The essays in this timely volume provide critical insights to the battle lines that must be overcome for a new world to flourish. -- Ken Plummer,author of Intimate Citizenship: Private Decisions and Public Dialogues
Nowadays panic seems to be everywherefrom homeland security to economic crisisyet sexual topics seem to prompt the most extreme episodes of fear, loathing, indignation, and overreaction. How do sex panics unfold? How can defenders of sexual rights respond effectively? In this state-of-the-art volume, noted scholars of sexuality take a big step forward in addressing these questions while zooming in on crucial topics such as reproductive rights, sex education, AIDS, same-sex marriage, and the politics of race and empire. -- Steven Epstein,author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge
This is a very important book. If you want to understand the state of sexuality politics in this countryand have a hope of reversing moral panics and public liesyou need to read this book! -- Pepper Schwartz,author of Prime: Adventures and Advice about Sex, Love and the Sensual Years
Smart analysis and crucial advice in a timely academic call to arms. * Between the Lines *
Individuals and activist groups committed to the progressive struggle for cultural and sexual freedoms will find smart analysis and crucial advice in a timely academic call to arms. * Gay and Lesbian Times *
Moral Panics, Sex Panicsis a valuable interdisciplinary contribution to emotion, media, and gender studies. * H-Net Reviews *
In this six-essay collection, with an astute introduction from editor Herdt, social scientists and scholars of sexuality dissect where such loathing for personal freedoms originates, how maniacally it is deployed and whether there is an effective response to the fomented onslaught of anti-woman, anti-gay and anti-sexual moral Puritanism. * Pittsburghs Out *
Abortion, AIDS, non marital sex, homosexuality, pornography, contraception, sexual rights, and the rest have posed persistent threats and challenges across the world for some time. & Sex stands as a major political and moral symbol that marks boundaries and shapes change in cultures.Here an outstanding group of social scientists give a firm focus to the culture wars and moral panics that split cultures and speak to persistent and deep divides round the world. The essays in this timely volume provide critical insights to the battle lines that must be overcome for a new world to flourish. -- Ken Plummer,author of Intimate Citizenship: Private Decisions and Public Dialogues
Nowadays panic seems to be everywherefrom homeland security to economic crisisyet sexual topics seem to prompt the most extreme episodes of fear, loathing, indignation, and overreaction. How do sex panics unfold? How can defenders of sexual rights respond effectively? In this state-of-the-art volume, noted scholars of sexuality take a big step forward in addressing these questions while zooming in on crucial topics such as reproductive rights, sex education, AIDS, same-sex marriage, and the politics of race and empire. -- Steven Epstein,author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge
This is a very important book. If you want to understand the state of sexuality politics in this countryand have a hope of reversing moral panics and public liesyou need to read this book! -- Pepper Schwartz,author of Prime: Adventures and Advice about Sex, Love and the Sensual Years
Smart analysis and crucial advice in a timely academic call to arms. * Between the Lines *
Individuals and activist groups committed to the progressive struggle for cultural and sexual freedoms will find smart analysis and crucial advice in a timely academic call to arms. * Gay and Lesbian Times *
Moral Panics, Sex Panicsis a valuable interdisciplinary contribution to emotion, media, and gender studies. * H-Net Reviews *
In this six-essay collection, with an astute introduction from editor Herdt, social scientists and scholars of sexuality dissect where such loathing for personal freedoms originates, how maniacally it is deployed and whether there is an effective response to the fomented onslaught of anti-woman, anti-gay and anti-sexual moral Puritanism. * Pittsburghs Out *
Gilbert Herdt is Professor and Founder of the Department of Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University and author of Guardians of the Flutes, Third Sex, Third Gender, and Secrecy and Cultural Reality.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780814737231 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814737234 |
| Title | Moral Panics, Sex Panics |
| Author | Gilbert Herdt |
| Series | Intersections |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New York University Press |
| Year published | 2009-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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