Title The education of Eros : a history of education and the problem of adolescent sexuality / Dennis L. Carlson

Published New York : Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages) Series Studies in curriculum theory Studies in curriculum theory. Contents 1. Constructing the 'normal' adolescent : the 1950s and 1960s -- 2. SIECUS, 'value-neutral' sex education, and the battle in Anaheim -- 3. The 'problem' of teen pregnancy and the welfare mother : the 1960s and 1970s -- 4. From the problem of the homosexual to the problem of homophobia -- 5. The plague : AIDS/HIV education and activisim in the 1980s -- 6. The abstinence-only era and the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 -- 7. Foucault, disciplinary power, and care of the self -- 8. Cultural studies and the social construction of the adolescent body -- 9. Conclusion Summary "The Education of Eros is the first and only comprehensive history of sexuality education and the "problem" of adolescent sexuality from the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st. It explores how professional health educators, policy makers, and social and religious conservatives differed in their approaches, and battled over what gets taught about sexuality in schools, but all shared a common understanding of the adolescent body and adolescent desire as a problem that required a regulatory and disciplinary education. It also looks the rise of new social movements in civil society and the academy in the last half of the 20th century that began to re-frame the "problem" of adolescent sexuality in a language of rights, equity, and social justice. Situated within critical social theories of sexuality, this book offers a tool for re-framing the conversation about adolescent sexuality and reconstructing the meaning of sexuality education in a democratic society."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Youth -- Sexual behavior -- United States Youth -- United States -- Attitudes Adolescent psychology. Psychology, Adolescent PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality. SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction. Adolescent psychology Youth -- Attitudes Youth -- Sexual behavior United States Genre/Form dissertations. Academic theses Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781136495038 1136495037 0415808510 9780415808514 1283441829 9781283441827 0203140176 9780203140178

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