Title
Sex Panic Rhetorics, Queer Interventions
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Description
In Sex Panic Rhetorics, Queer Interventions, Ian Barnard makes the counterintuitive argument that contemporary “sex panics” are undergirded by queerphobia, even when the panics in question don’t appear to have much to do with queerness. Barnard presents six case studies that treat a wide range of sex panic rhetorics around child molesters, sex trafficking, transgenderism, incest, queer kids, and pedagogy to demonstrate this argument. By using examples from academic scholarship, political discourse, and popular culture, including the Kevin Spacey scandal and the award-winning film Moonlight, Barnard shows how homophobia and transphobia continue to pervade contemporary Western culture.
ISBN
978-0-8173-2056-0
Publication Date
4-7-2020
Publisher
University of Alabama Press
City
Tuscaloosa, AL
Disciplines
Gender and Sexuality | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Other Sociology | Politics and Social Change | Social Psychology and Interaction | Sociology of Culture
Recommended Citation
Barnard, Ian. Sex Panic Rhetorics, Queer Interventions. University of Alabama Press, 2020.
Copyright
University of Alabama Press
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