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Sexuality, Politics, and Social Control in Virginia, 1920-1945
Taschenbuch von Pippa Holloway
Sprache: Englisch

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In the first half of the twentieth century, white elites who dominated Virginia politics sought to increase state control over African Americans and lower-class whites, whom they saw as oversexed and lacking sexual self-restraint. In order to reaffirm the existing political and social order, white politicians legalized eugenic sterilization, increased state efforts to control venereal disease and prostitution, cracked down on interracial marriage, and enacted statewide movie censorship. Providing a detailed picture of the interaction of sexuality, politics, and public policy, Pippa Holloway explores how these measures were passed and enforced.

The white elites who sought to expand government's role in regulating sexual behavior had, like most southerners, a tradition of favoring small government, so to justify these new policies, they couched their argument in economic terms: a modern, progressive government could provide optimum conditions for business growth by maintaining a stable social order and a healthy, docile workforce. Holloway's analysis demonstrates that the cultural context that characterized certain populations as sexually dangerous worked in tandem with the political context that denied them the right to vote. This perspective on sexual regulation and the state in Virginia offers further insight into why white elite rule mattered in the development of southern governments.
In the first half of the twentieth century, white elites who dominated Virginia politics sought to increase state control over African Americans and lower-class whites, whom they saw as oversexed and lacking sexual self-restraint. In order to reaffirm the existing political and social order, white politicians legalized eugenic sterilization, increased state efforts to control venereal disease and prostitution, cracked down on interracial marriage, and enacted statewide movie censorship. Providing a detailed picture of the interaction of sexuality, politics, and public policy, Pippa Holloway explores how these measures were passed and enforced.

The white elites who sought to expand government's role in regulating sexual behavior had, like most southerners, a tradition of favoring small government, so to justify these new policies, they couched their argument in economic terms: a modern, progressive government could provide optimum conditions for business growth by maintaining a stable social order and a healthy, docile workforce. Holloway's analysis demonstrates that the cultural context that characterized certain populations as sexually dangerous worked in tandem with the political context that denied them the right to vote. This perspective on sexual regulation and the state in Virginia offers further insight into why white elite rule mattered in the development of southern governments.
Über den Autor
Pippa Holloway is associate professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 274
ISBN-13: 9780807857649
ISBN-10: 0807857645
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Holloway, Pippa
Hersteller: The University of North Carolina Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Pippa Holloway
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2006
Gewicht: 0,471 kg
preigu-id: 108829108
Über den Autor
Pippa Holloway is associate professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 274
ISBN-13: 9780807857649
ISBN-10: 0807857645
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Holloway, Pippa
Hersteller: The University of North Carolina Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Pippa Holloway
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2006
Gewicht: 0,471 kg
preigu-id: 108829108
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