11 FROM BLACKMAIL TO TABLOID EXPOSÉ

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1 SODOMY AND THE INVENTION OF BLACKMAIL 10
7. 2 THE MODERN MANIA FOR MORALITY 30
8. 3 WOMANIZING ACROSS CLASS LINES 63
9. 4 ENTRAPPING THE JAZZ-AGE AMERICAN MALE 81
10. 5 THE HOMOSEXUAL TARGET BETWEEN THE WARS 105
11. 6 EXPLOITING RACIAL ANXIETIES 144
12. 7 BLACKMAIL AND THE NEW WOMAN 164
13. 8 CAUTIONARY TALES OF ADULTERY AND ABORTION 192
14. 9 DISARMING THE POSTWAR BLACKMAILER 220
15. 10 THE GAY MOVEMENT’S ATTACK ON VICTIMIZATION 239
16. 11 FROM BLACKMAIL TO TABLOID EXPOSÉ 256
17. CONCLUSION 277
18. NOTES 285
19. INDEX 325