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Winner of the American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Book Award
Why do we have sex education? For whom does it exist, and who is it against? This open access book explores these questions, ultimately calling into question the very existence of sex education itself. The analysis is centred on the marginalised lives of sex workers. This focus allows us to see sex education and sex work in a new light and provides insights into the implications of sex education in public schools and teacher education. By considering the relationship between sex education and sex work, Caitlin Howlett reveals the way in which sex education exists as a form of state violence, and continues to maintain close ties to sexism, racism, colonialism, and capitalism. Drawing on Foucauldian genealogy, feminist history, epistemology, post-humanism, and queer of color critique, Howlett calls for an end to sex education as a federally funded project and argues for new pedagogical approaches to educating about sex, gender, and sexuality in schools.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Making Something Out of Nothing
1. Origin Problems
2. Small, but Mighty: A Little Funding for a Huge Cause
3. Violent Straightening and the Function of the State
4. The International Implications of Domestic Sex Education Policy
5. Alternatives, Not Adjustments; Imagination, Not Intervention
Conclusion: Clandestine Praxes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 20 Apr 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 184 |
| ISBN | 9781350225060 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Radical Politics and Education |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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