Roger Davidson, Gayle Davis

Sexual State (eBook, PDF)

Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950-80

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Produktbeschreibung

How did the Scottish government respond to sexual attitudes and behaviour in the period 1950 to 1980?In exploring the role of the state in the regulation of modern sexuality, historians have largely overlooked the policy-making process in Scotland. Davidson and Davis lead us through the Scottish sexual landscape leading up to the global crisis of HIV/AIDS, analysing post-war state policy towards issues such as abortion, family planning, homosexuality, pornography, prostitution, sex education and sexual heath. How progressive were Scottish policy makers during this period of rapid social change? The book examines to what extent the policy mindset shifted from a moral and legalistic approach to one that was more permissive. How far did the puritanical elements of Scottish Presbyterianism continue to inhibit policy and to what degree did policy makers empower a broader range of sexual behaviours and moderate the traditional surveillance and censure of female sexuality? Finally, in what respects did Scotland's national identity affect the engagement of the Scottish state with sexual issues? Key WordsAbortion, censorship, contraception, family planning, government, homosexuality, homosexual law reform, morality, obscenity, policy-making, pornography, prostitution, Scottish, sex, sexuality, sex education, sexual health, sexual offences, sexual reproduction, sexually transmitted diseases, stateKey features* Adds an important Scottish perspective to the study of sexuality and policy-making in modern society. There are few resources for the student of Scotland's sexual history and its political and social context. * Provides a significant addition to the history of sexuality in 20th-century Britain* Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the later 20th-century Scottish state, and especially the local state* Adds to our knowledge of the shaping of policy on key issues relating to sexual morality in modern society including abortion, censor

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748649433
• Artikelnr.: 38217459

Autorenporträt

Roger Davidson is Emeritus Professor of Social History at the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely on the history of medical and governmental responses to sexual issues. He is the author of Dangerous Liaisons: A Social History of Venereal Disease in Twentieth-Century Scotland (2000) and co-author of The Sexual State: Sexuality and Scottish Governance 1950-80 (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
PART I SEXUAL OFFENCES
Chapter 2 Female Prostitution
Chapter 3 Homosexual Law Reform, 1950-67
Chapter 4 Homosexual Law Reform, 1967-80
PART II REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Chapter 5 Abortion
Chapter 6 Family Planning
PART III DISEASE AND ENLIGHTENMENT
Chapter 7 Sexual Health
Chapter 8 School Sex Education
PART IV SEX AND CENSORSHIP
Chapter 9 Moral Censorship and the State in the 1950s
Chapter 10 Sex, Censorship and Scottish Governance in the 1960s
Chapter 11 Policing Pornography and Obscenity in the 1970s
Chapter 12 Conclusion
Sources and Select Bibliography
Index.