Entry:

Inglis, Tom, “Origins and Legacies of Irish Prudery: Sexuality and Social Control in Modern Ireland” Eire-Ireland 40 (3,4) (Fall/Win 05), 10-37.

Abstract:

Modernization does not appear to follow a linear path. The authors suggest that the secularization thesis is oversimplified. The view that cultural change equals “Americanization” is incorrect.