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Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction [#187]
Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction [#187]
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  • An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the major debates around sex and sexuality in the modern world
  • Focuses on the social, political, and psychological aspects of sexuality, and looks at how sexual politics and activism have transformed the way we live
  • Highly topical: tackling the controversies that confront us when issues of sex and sexuality are discussed, from gay rights and religious doctrine to HIVAIDS and feminism

  
What shapes our sexuality? Is it a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have concepts of sexuality and sexual norms changed over time? How have feminist theories, religion, and HIV/AIDS affected our attitudes to sex?
  
Focusing on the social, political, and psychological aspects of sexuality, this Very Short Introduction examines these questions and many more, exploring what shapes our sexuality, and how our attitudes to sex have in turn shaped the wider world. Revealing how our assumptions about what is 'normal' in sexuality have, in reality, varied widely across time and place, this book tackles the major topics and controversies that still confront us when issues of sex and sexuality are discussed: from sex education, HIVAIDS, and eugenics, to religious doctrine, gay rights, and feminism.

Index: 

1: Before Sexuality
2: The Invention of Sexuality
3: Virgins or Whores? Feminist Critiques of Sexuality
4: The State in the Bedroom
5: The Future of Sex
References and Further Reading

About the author: 

Veronique Mottier is Fellow and Director of Studies in Social and Political Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge and Professor of Sociology at the University of Lausanne. Her research interests include the politics of sexuality and gender, theories of the state, feminist political philosophy and discourse analysis, and she has published widely in these areas. Her previous books include Politics of Sexuality: Identity, Gender, Citizenship (2006, co-edited with Terrell Carver).

Product details

ISBN : 9780199298020

Author: 
Veronique Mottier
Pages
168 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Apr 2008
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction [#187]

Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction [#187]

Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction [#187]