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

by Gilbert Herdt

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814737234
• ISBN13: 9780814737231
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"