War on Sex

David M. Halperin is W. H. Auden Distinguished University Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality in the English Department at the University of Michigan and the author, most recently, of How to Be Gay.Trevor Hoppe is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and author of Punishing Disease.

• Foreword. Thinking Sex and Justice / Trevor Hoppe  ixIntroduction. The War on Sex / David M. Halperin  1Part I. The Politics of Sex1. The New Pariahs: Sex, Crime and Punishment in America / Roger N. Lancaster  652. Sympathy for the Devil: Why Progressives Haven't Helped the Sex Offender, Why They Should, and How They Can / Judith Levine  1263, Queer Disavowel: "Controversial Crimes" and Building Abolition / Owen Daniel-McCarter, Erica R. Meiners, and R Noll  1744. A New Iron Closet: Failing to Extend the Spirit of Lawrence v. Texas to Prison and Prisoners / J. Wallace Borchert  1915. Seeing the Sex and Justice Landscape through the Vatican's Eyes: The War on Gender and the Seamless Garmet of Sexual Rights / Mary Anne Case  211Part II. The Invention of the Sex Offender6. Sex Panic, Psychiatry, and the Expansion ofthe Carceral State / Regina Kunzel 2297. The Creation of the Modern Sex Offender / Scott de Orio  2478. For What They Might Do: A Sex Offender Exception to the Constitution / Laura Mansnerus  268Part III. Sex Work and the  Trouble with Trafficking9. The "Hooker Teacher" Tell All / Melissa Petro  29110. Carceral Politics as Gender Justice? The "Traffic in Women" and Neoliberal Circuits of Crime, Sex, and Rights / Elizabeth Bernstein  29711. California's Proposition 35 and the Trouble with Trafficking / Carol Queen and Penelope Saunders  323Part IV. Making HIV a Crime12. HIV: Prosecution or Prevention? HIV is Not a Crime / Sean Strub  34713. HIV Monsters: Gay Men, Criminal Law, and the New Political Economy of HIV / Gregory Tomso  35314. HIV Care as Social Rehabilitation: Medical Governance, the AIDS Surveillance Industry, and Therapeutic Citizenship Neoliberal Taiwan / Hans Tao-Ming Huang   378Part V. Resistance15. The New War on Sex: A Report from the Global Front Lines/ Maurice Tomlinson  40916. Building a Movement for Justice: Doe v. Jindal and the Campaign Against Louisiana's Crime Against Nature Statute / Alexis Agathocleous  42917. Bringing Sex to the Table of Justice / Amber Hollibaugh  454Afterword. How You Can Get Involved / Trevor Hoppe  461Contributors  465Index  469

"Interdisciplinary in scope and inclusive of activist voices from outside the academy, the book is an essential introduction to a struggle for self-determination and sexual self-assertion that has been occurring behind mainstream social movements’ focus on dignity and respectability.... [A]n urgent, well-argued agenda...." - Ben Miller (Lambda Literary Review) "This is an illuminating, often disturbing book, handling some extremely touchy subjects...." - Perry Brass (Huffington Post) "[A]n ambitious and provocative collection of essays.... The political credentials of many contributors to this volume show that much can be achieved in the face of overwhelming odds, and serve as a model for blending scholarship with civic engagement." - Dan Udy (TLS) "The editors have done a valuable service putting together these 17 rigorous pieces that, collectively, paint a grim picture of the nation’s sexual culture.... It’s a valuable book meant for an academic audience, a useful resource for one’s bookcase to draw upon when considering a truly troubling dimension of sex and contemporary life: the criminalization of sex." - David Rosen (New York Journal of Books) "At a moment when Queer Studies in the United States has turned its attention away from sex to matters considered more pressing, The War on Sex appears as a welcome reminder of the urgent work that remains to be done. . . . A thoroughly researched, expertly edited collection of substantial scholarly contributions . . . With meticulous documentation and persuasive argumentation, the various chapters of The War on Sex combine to tell a powerful story." - Tim Dean (European Journal of American Culture) "The War on Sex ultimately throws down a resounding gauntlet for scholars of sexuality, demanding we attend to. . . emerging twenty-first century regulatory frameworks."  - Whitney Strub (Journal of the History of Sexuality) "This book should be required reading for prosecutors, judges, therapists, social workers, and anyone who cares about criminal justice reform." (William A. Percy Foundation for Social & Historical Studies)