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Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight over Sexual Rights

Gilbert Herdt

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Description for Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight over Sexual Rights Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.

Finalist for 2010 LGBT Anthology Award from the Lambda Literary Awards
Unwed 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 ... Read more

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Format

Paperback

Publication date

2009

Publisher

New York University Press

Condition

New

Series

Intersections

Number of Pages

304

Place of Publication

New York, United States

ISBN

9780814737231

SKU

V9780814737231

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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days

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99-50

About Gilbert Herdt

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.

Reviews for Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight over Sexual Rights

"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, ... Read moreand 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."
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