Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
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A decade of new legislation -- Disciplining sexual behavior -- Diagnosis and treatment : venereal disease as a social problem -- Conflict, dissent, and venereal disease control -- Birth control and social progress -- The Second World War in Richmond : protecting social hygiene -- The Second World War in Norfolk : struggling for control -- Epilogue.
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In the first half of the 20th 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 explore.
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Sexuality, politics, and social control in Virginia, 1920-1945.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans-- Sexual behavior-- Virginia.
African Americans-- Virginia-- Social conditions.
Elite (Social sciences)-- Virginia-- History.
Sex customs-- Virginia-- History.
Sexually transmitted diseases-- Law and legislation-- Virginia-- History-- 20th century.
Working class women-- Sexual behavior-- Virginia-- History-- 20th century.
History, 20th Century-- Virginia.
Prejudice-- Virginia.
Sexual Behavior-- Virginia-- History.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases-- Virginia-- History.
Social Control, Formal-- Virginia.
Socioeconomic Factors-- Virginia.
Sterilization, Involuntary-- Virginia-- History.
African Americans-- Sexual behavior.
African Americans-- Social conditions.
Elite (Social sciences)
Politics and government
PSYCHOLOGY-- Human Sexuality.
Race relations.
SELF-HELP-- Sexual Instruction.
Sex customs.
Sexually transmitted diseases-- Law and legislation.