The Closet and the Cul-De-Sac: The Politics of Sexual Privacy in Northern California

by Clayton Howard

Book Overview

The right to privacy is a pivotal concept in the culture wars that have galvanized American politics for the past several decades. It has become a rallying point for political issues ranging from abortion to gay liberation to sex education. Yet this notion of privacy originated not only from legal arguments, nor solely from political movements on the left or the right, but instead from ambivalent moderates who valued both personal freedom and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812251245
• ISBN13: 9780812251241
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"