Sin, Sex & Subversion: How What Was Taboo in 1950s New York Became America#x92 ; s New Normal

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During the tumultuous 1950s in America, sex was as threatening to the nation's moral order as communism. New York was the capital of the post#x96;World War II world and the epicenter of a fierce culture war over music, theatre, movies, fashion, and literature, as well as birth control, homosexuality, adolescent sex, pornography, and prostitution. Over the last half-century, America's social life#x97;especially notions of culture, sexuality, and politics#x97;has fundamentally changed, and what were once sinful or subversive sexual practices have been integrated into the marketplace, irreversibly changing A.;Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Outsiders: Christine Jorgensen; Honky-Tonk: Times Square; Sin; Comic Book Corruption: Bill Gaines; Obscene Image: Irving Klaw; Prurient Word: Samuel Roth; Illicit Performance: Club 82; Sex; Flesh Trade: Polly Adler; Lavender Peril: Liberace; Identity Crisis: Milton Berle; Sex Panic: Wilhelm Reich; The Pill: Margaret Sanger; Subversion; Red Scare: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Freedom Fighter: Paul Robeson; Radical Voices: Howard Fast; Underworld: Frank Costello; Conclusion: Sin, the New Normal; Bibliography; Notes; Index.