| Sexualities in History: A Reader Contributor(s): Phillips, Kim M. (Editor), Reay, Barry (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415929350 ISBN-13: 9780415929356 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: Over the past twenty years, historians have overturned nearly everything we once took for granted about human sexuality. Gender, sexual orientation, "deviance," and even the biology of sex have been unmasked for what they are-historically specific, culturally contested, and above all, unstable constructions. "Sexualities in History" unites a sprawling body of scholarship into the first multidisciplinary collection of key readings on the history of western sexuality. Bringing together landmark work by Robert Darnton, George Chauncey, John D'Emilio, Estelle Freedman and others, this anthology offers a wide breadth of topics like ancient sexualities, sex and Christianity, the construction of the body, reproduction and marriage, sex in colonial contexts, the impact of AIDS, postmodern sexual transgressions, and the discourse of pornography. A sustained, insightful exploration of sex as a social, cultural, and historical construct, this is an indispensable resource for students going beyond the surface of human sexuality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 306.709 |
| LCCN: 2001019346 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.3" W x 8.32" (1.39 lbs) 476 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the past twenty years, historians have overturned nearly everything we once took for granted about human sexuality. Gender, sexual orientation, "deviance," and even the biology of sex have been unmasked for what they are-historically specific, culturally contested, and above all, unstable constructions. |