Focusing on discourse generated between 1969 and 2006 in the legal arena and in the print news media, the author takes an historical-interpretive approach to illuminate the role of cultural forces and attendant ideologies in shaping the contours of the phenomenon commonly known …
Sex is usually assumed to be a closely guarded secret of prison life. But it has long been the subject of intense scrutiny by both prison administrators and reformers-as well as a source of fascination and anxiety for the American public. Historically, sex behind bars has evoked…
Sex is usually assumed to be a closely guarded secret of prison life. But it has long been the subject of intense scrutiny by both prison administrators and reformers-as well as a source of fascination and anxiety for the American public. Historically, sex behind bars has evoked…
Sex is usually assumed to be a closely guarded secret of prison life. But it has long been the subject of intense scrutiny by both prison administrators and reformers-as well as a source of fascination and anxiety for the American public. Historically, sex behind bars has evoked…
The author tracks varying interpretations and reveals foundational influences on modern thinking about sexuality and identity. Historians have held the fusion of sexual desire and identity to be the defining marker of sexual modernity, but sex behind bars, often involving otherw…
Sex is usually assumed to be a closely guarded secret of prison life. But it has long been the subject of intense scrutiny by both prison administrators and reformers-as well as a source of fascination and anxiety for the American public. Historically, sex behind bars has evoked…
