When Sex Goes to School Warring Views on Sex--And Sex Education--since the Sixties

Name: When Sex Goes to School Warring Views on Sex--And Sex Education--since the Sixties
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ISBN: 9780393329964

ISBN-10: 0393329968

ISBN-13: 9780393329964

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Kristin Luker

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"It is difficult to imagine a juicier subject, or a more thoughtful, fluent, trustworthy guide for its exploration."--"San Francisco Chronicle" A chronicle of the two decades that noted sociologist Kristin Luker spent following parents in four America communities engaged in a passionate war of ideas and values, "When Sex Goes to School" explores a conflict with stakes that are deceptively simple and painfully personal. For these parents, the question of how their children should be taught about sex cuts far deeper than politics, religion, or even friendship. "The drama of this book comes from watching the exceptionally thoughtful Luker try to figure [sex education] out" (Judith Shulevitz,…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Kristin Luker is a professor of sociology at the University of California-Berkeley and a professor at Boalt Law School. She is the author of the landmark book Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood and lives in Berkeley, California.