Sexuality /
Weeks, Jeffrey, 1945-
Sexuality / Jeffrey Weeks. - Second edition. - x, 164 pages ; 21 cm. - Key ideas . - Key ideas. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Languages of Sex -- The Invention of Sexuality -- The Meanings of Sexual Difference -- The Challenge of Diversity -- Sexuality, Intimacy and Politics -- Private Pleasures and Public Policy. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
This new edition of 'Sexuality' features new material on AIDS, queer theory and the influence of postcolonial theory. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of sexuality and a discussion of its cultural and socio-historical construction, as well as of issues of state regulation. "Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches, including the analysis of Michel Foucault, Sexuality provides an introduction to the social and cultural understanding of sexuality, discussing its cultural and socio-historic construction, its relationship with power, and the state's involvement in its rationalization and regulation." "This fully revised edition brings the debates up to the present, and examines the subjects in terms of contemporary social, moral and political issues, and features new material on AIDS, queer theory and the influence of postcolonial theory on the study of sexuality. This new edition confirms the classic status of the book, and engages with the central issues for our understanding of sexual life."--BOOK JACKET.
0415282853 9780415282857 0415282861 9780415282864
2003007360
Sex.
Sex customs
HQ21 / .W379 2003
306.7
Sexuality / Jeffrey Weeks. - Second edition. - x, 164 pages ; 21 cm. - Key ideas . - Key ideas. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Languages of Sex -- The Invention of Sexuality -- The Meanings of Sexual Difference -- The Challenge of Diversity -- Sexuality, Intimacy and Politics -- Private Pleasures and Public Policy. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
This new edition of 'Sexuality' features new material on AIDS, queer theory and the influence of postcolonial theory. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of sexuality and a discussion of its cultural and socio-historical construction, as well as of issues of state regulation. "Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches, including the analysis of Michel Foucault, Sexuality provides an introduction to the social and cultural understanding of sexuality, discussing its cultural and socio-historic construction, its relationship with power, and the state's involvement in its rationalization and regulation." "This fully revised edition brings the debates up to the present, and examines the subjects in terms of contemporary social, moral and political issues, and features new material on AIDS, queer theory and the influence of postcolonial theory on the study of sexuality. This new edition confirms the classic status of the book, and engages with the central issues for our understanding of sexual life."--BOOK JACKET.
0415282853 9780415282857 0415282861 9780415282864
2003007360
Sex.
Sex customs
HQ21 / .W379 2003
306.7