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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Adams, Mary Louise, 1960-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1997.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.