Table of Contents

Introduction
schooling sexualities/sexuality and schooling

Part 1: Sexualities in the public domain

Sexualities, nationalities and schooling
'Giving out a message from this house'
political discourses of sexuality
Scandals for schools, schools as scandals
the press and sexual regulation

Part 2: Sexualities in schools

Producing one's self
sexuality and identity dynamics in the school
Teaching sexualities
Learning sexualities
An impossible practice?
sex/uality education in schools
Conclusion
sexuality and education otherwise
References
Index.

About the Author

Debbie Epstein's work brings together practice-related studies in education and key social issues, covering a range of inequalities and identity issues. She is Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies and Education at the University of London Institute of Education.

Richard Johnson is internationally known for his contribution to the study of educational policy and to cultural theory more widely. He is Professor at Nottingham Trent University and directed the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham University 1980-88.

They have previously written together on sexuality in Debbie Epstein's edited collection Challenging Lesbian and Gay Inequalities in Education and, with Deborah Lynn Steinberg, co-edited Border Patrols: Policing the Boundaries of Heterosexuality.

Reviews

... A powerful and insightful analysis of the production of sexualities and masculinities in schools, and a very useful critique of curriculum, policy and classroom practice strategies.