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Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction
Veronique Mottier
168 pages
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20 black and white halftones
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174x111mm
978-0-19-929802-0
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Paperback
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24 April 2008
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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 HIV\AIDS 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, HIV\AIDS, and eugenics, to religious doctrine, gay rights, and feminism. Readership: Anyone interested in issues of sexuality, sex, and gender. As well as general readers seeking an accessible guide to the politics and social debates surrounding sexuality, the book will be of use to undergraduates and researchers in areas such as sociology, political science, psychology, social geography, gender studies, gay studies, psychiatry, sexology, medicine, biology, genetics. Also of interest to health professionals.
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Veronique Mottier, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge & Professor in Sociology, University of Lausanne
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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
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