Sexuality

Produktbeschreibung

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 HIV\AIDS and feminism Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over two million copies sold worldwide 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 

Autoreninfo

V‚ronique 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).