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Sexual Cultures: Communities, Values and Intimacy 1996 Edition
Contributor(s): Holland, Janet (Editor), Weeks, Jeffrey (Author)
ISBN: 0312160844     ISBN-13: 9780312160845
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 1996
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Annotation: The new sociology of sexuality has a two-fold aim: to demonstrate how the social shapes the sexual; and to analyse how the sexual in turn becomes a focal point for personal identity, cultural anxiety value debates and political action. Drawing on papers from the 1994 British Sociological Association annual conference on 'Sexualities in Social Context', this volume brings together key contributors to this stimulating new approach. Topics covered include theoretical developments, the relationship between history and contemporary controversies, community and identity, especially in the context of AIDS, value conflicts and changes in the meanings of intimacy. The book as a whole offers a significant intervention into debates on sexuality, and a thoughtful contribution to the broadening of the sociological agenda.

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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality)
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: 306.701
LCCN: 95051523
Series: Explorations in Sociology.
Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.48" W x 8.47" (0.91 lbs) 317 pages
 
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The new sociology of sexuality has a two-fold aim: to demonstrate how the social shapes the sexual; and to analyse how the sexual in turn becomes a focal point for personal identity, cultural anxiety value debates and political action. Drawing on papers from the 1994 British Sociological Association annual conference on 'Sexualities in Social Context', this volume brings together key contributors to this stimulating new approach. Topics covered include theoretical developments, the relationship between history and contemporary controversies, community and identity, especially in the context of AIDS, value conflicts and changes in the meanings of intimacy. The book as a whole offers a significant intervention into debates on sexuality, and a thoughtful contribution to the broadening of the sociological agenda.