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

by Dennis Carlson

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415808510
• ISBN13: 9780415808514
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"