1st Edition

The Education of Eros A History of Education and the Problem of Adolescent Sexuality

By Dennis L. Carlson Copyright 2012
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter One: Constructing the "Normal" Adolescent: 1950s and 1960s
Chapter Two: SIECUS, "Value-Neutral" Sex Education, and the Battle in Anaheim
Chapter Three: The "Problem" of Teen Pregnancy and the Welfare Mother: 1960s and 1970s
Chapter Four: From the Problem of the Homosexual to the Problem of Homophobia
Chapter Five: The Plague: AIDS/HIV Education and Activism in the 1980s
Chapter Six: The Abstinence-Only Era and the Welfare Reform Act of 1996
Chapter Seven: Foucault, Disciplinary Power, and Care of the Self
Chapter Eight: Cultural Studies and the Social Construction of the Adolescent Body
Chapter Nine: Conclusion

Biography

Dennis L. Carlson is Professor of Curriculum, Cultural Studies of Education, and the Social Foundations of Education, Miami University.