The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality
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Mary Louise Adams shows how, during the postwar years in Canada, the sexual and social activity of young people was 'normalized,' and how this discourse on sexuality articulated contemporary concerns about family, security, and the role of the state.
Acknowledgments1Introduction32Sexuality and the Postwar Domestic 'Revival'183Hope for the Future or Repercussions of the Past: Discursive Constructions of Youth394Youth Gone Bad: The Sexual Meaning of Delinquency535'Why Can't I Be Normal?': Sex Advice for Teens836Sex Goes to School: Debates over Sex Education in Toronto Schools1077Manipulating Innocence: Corruptibility, Youth, and the Case against Obscenity1368Conclusion166Notes173Sources197Illustration Credits215Index217
