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The trouble with normal : postwar youth and the making of heterosexuality /

"In this study, Mary Louise Adams explores discourses about youth and their place in the production and reproduction of heterosexual norms. She examines debates over juvenile delinquency, indecent literature, and sex education to show not why heterosexuality became a peculiar obsession in Engli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Mary Louise, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
Colección:Studies in gender and history series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Sexuality and the Postwar Domestic 'Revival'
  • 3. Hope for the Future or Repercussions of the Past: Discursive Constructions of Youth
  • 4. Youth Gone Bad: The Sexual Meaning of Delinquency
  • 5. 'Why Can't I Be Normal?': Sex Advice for Teens
  • 6. Sex Goes to School: Debates over Sex Education in Toronto Schools
  • 7. Manipulating Innocence: Corruptibility, Youth, and the Case against Obscenity
  • 8. Conclusion.