Bibliograph

Dishonorable passions, sodomy laws in America, 1861-2003, William N. Eskridge, Jr

Type

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Dishonorable passions, sodomy laws in America, 1861-2003, William N. Eskridge, Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dishonorable passions

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

191090440

Responsibility statement

William N. Eskridge, Jr

Sub title

sodomy laws in America, 1861-2003

Table Of Contents

American body politics and the crime against nature, 1861-81 -- From the sodomite to the homosexual, 1881-1935 -- The anti-homosexual Kulturkampf, 1935-61 -- The case(s) against the crime against nature, 1935-61 -- Homo equality and sodomy reform, 1961-69 -- The crime against nature after Stonewall, 1969-75 -- Gay civil rights and a new politics of preservation, 1975-86 -- The crime against nature on trial, Bowers v. Hardwick, 1986 -- The Lambda-ACLU campaign to overrule Bowers, 1986-2003 -- Sodomy law at the Alamo, Lawrence v. Texas, 2003 -- State regulation of sexuality after Lawrence v. Texas, 2003-05 -- Beyond Whitman and Comstock: Bowers and Hardwick revisited

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