Dirty Words The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924

Name: Dirty Words The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924
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ISBN: 9780252077661

ISBN-10: 0252077660

ISBN-13: 9780252077661

Edition: 2010

Authors: Robin E. Jensen

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Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 18701924, details the approaches and outcomes of sex education initiatives in the Progressive Era. In analyzing the rhetorical strategies of sex-education advocates, Robin E. Jensen engages with rich sources such as lectures, books, movies, and posters that were often shaped by female health advocates and instructors. Her narrative demonstrates how women were both leaders and innovators in early U.S. sex-education movements, striving to provide education to underserved populations of women, minorities, and the working class. Investigating the communicative and rhetorical practices surrounding the emergence of public sex education in the…

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List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 11/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Engaging Ambiguous Discourse



Championing the Chicago Experiment



Propagating Wartime Sex Education



Speaking for Women at War's End



Campaigning for "Separate but Equal"


Conclusion: Making the Case in the Twenty-First Century


Notes


Bibliography


Index