Clayton Howard

The Closet and the Cul-De-Sac

The Politics of Sexual Privacy in Northern California

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Produktbeschreibung

The Closet and the Cul-de-Sac chronicles the rise of sexual privacy as a fulcrum of American cultural politics, focusing on the history of gay rights in the San Francisco Bay Area from World War II to the dawn of the culture wars in the 1970s and exploring how government policies shaped the cultural politics of the moderate suburbs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Renewed Spirit Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780812251241
• ISBN-10: 0812251245
• Artikelnr.: 54395686

Autorenporträt

Clayton Howard is Associate Professor of History at the Ohio State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. From the Straight State to the Culture Wars
PART I. THE FAMILY AND THE STATE
Chapter 1. Sex and the Crowded City
Chapter 2. Public Policy and the Right to Privacy
PART II. THE SUBURBAN METROPOLIS
Chapter 3. Building Better Bedrooms
Chapter 4. Normative Communities
Chapter 5. Policing and Redeveloping the Queer City
PART III. THE ERA OF SEXUAL PRIVACY
Chapter 6. Gay Privacy Politics
Chapter 7. A Moderate Revolution
Chapter 8. Gay Rights, the Religious Right, and a Moderate Right to Privacy
Epilogue. Seeking the Highest Meaning
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments