Sexing the Teacher
School Sex Scandals and Queer Pedagogies
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2011
- Category
- Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Criminology
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774840859
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $30.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774813754
- Publish Date
- Jan 2008
- List Price
- $32.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774813747
- Publish Date
- May 2007
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
Sexing the Teacher is a provocative study of public and professional responses to female teacher sex scandals in Canada, the United States and Britain. Sheila Cavanagh examines the moral and professional panic over sexual transgressions in the educational milieu by analyzing several sensationalized legal cases, including Mary Kay Letourneau, Amy Gehring, and Heather Ingram.
About the author
Awards
- Commended, Canadian Women's Studies Association Book Prize
Contributor Notes
Sheila L. Cavanagh is an associate professor of sociology at York University.