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Gilbert Herdt

Moral Panics, Sex Panics - Fear and the Fight Over Sexual Rights

English · Hardback

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About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

Assisted by	Gilbert Herdt (Editor)
Publisher	New York University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	01.06.2009

EAN	9780814737224
ISBN	978-0-8147-3722-4
No. of pages	304
Weight	522 g
Series	Intersections Intersections: Transdisciplina Intersections: Transdisciplina
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research

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