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Dishonorable passions : sodomy laws in America, 1861-2003

Author
Eskridge, William N., Jr., 1951-
Title
Dishonorable passions : sodomy laws in America, 1861-2003 / William N. Eskridge, Jr.
Format
Book
Published
New York : Viking, 2008.
Description
ix, 514 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • American body politics and the crime against nature, 1861-81
  • From the sodomite to the homosexual, 1881-1935
  • The antihomosexual 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 lawyers and sodomy come out of their closets, 1986-2003
  • Sodomy law at the Alamo, Lawrence v. Texas, 2003
  • American public law after Lawrence
  • Lawrence and popular constitutionalism.
Kinsey subjects
Anal coitus. Sex offenses--United States. Homosexuality--Male.
ISBN
9780670018628 0670018627

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
364.16 E75 d4 2008
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute