Sexuality /
Weeks, Jeffrey, 1945-
Sexuality / Jeffrey Weeks. - Third edition. - xiii, 194 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages of Sex -- Invention of Sexuality -- Brief History of the History of Sexuality -- 'Social Construction' of Sexuality -- Organization of Sexuality -- Importance of Sexuality -- Sexuality and Power -- Meanings of Sexual Difference -- Biological Imperative -- Sexuality and Social Relations -- Sexuality and the Unconscious -- Consequences of Difference -- Challenge of Diversity -- Language of Perversity -- Discourse of Diversity -- Deconstructing the Categories -- Making Choices -- Sexuality, Intimacy and Politics -- Sexuality: On the Front Line of Politics -- Breakdown of Tradition -- Living with Uncertainty: HIV/AIDS -- Regulating Sexuality -- Sexual and Intimate Citizenship -- Globalization and Human Sexual Rights -- Private Pleasures and Public Policies -- Limits of Science -- Ethical Dilemma -- Towards Sexual Democracy -- Human Gesture. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
"For over 20 years, Sexuality has provided a cutting edge introduction to debates about sexualities, gender and intimate life. Previous editions included pioneering discussions of the historical shaping of sexuality, identity politics, the rise of fundamentalism, the social impact of AIDS, the influence of the new generics, 'global sex', queer theory, 'sex wars', the debates about values, new patterns of intimacy and much more. In this new edition, Jeffrey Weeks offers a thorough update of these debates, and introduces new concepts and issues."--BOOK JACKET.
0415497116 9780415497114 0415497124 9780415497121 0203877411 9780203877418
2009014708
Sex.
Sex customs.
HQ21 / .W379 2009
306.7
Sexuality / Jeffrey Weeks. - Third edition. - xiii, 194 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages of Sex -- Invention of Sexuality -- Brief History of the History of Sexuality -- 'Social Construction' of Sexuality -- Organization of Sexuality -- Importance of Sexuality -- Sexuality and Power -- Meanings of Sexual Difference -- Biological Imperative -- Sexuality and Social Relations -- Sexuality and the Unconscious -- Consequences of Difference -- Challenge of Diversity -- Language of Perversity -- Discourse of Diversity -- Deconstructing the Categories -- Making Choices -- Sexuality, Intimacy and Politics -- Sexuality: On the Front Line of Politics -- Breakdown of Tradition -- Living with Uncertainty: HIV/AIDS -- Regulating Sexuality -- Sexual and Intimate Citizenship -- Globalization and Human Sexual Rights -- Private Pleasures and Public Policies -- Limits of Science -- Ethical Dilemma -- Towards Sexual Democracy -- Human Gesture. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
"For over 20 years, Sexuality has provided a cutting edge introduction to debates about sexualities, gender and intimate life. Previous editions included pioneering discussions of the historical shaping of sexuality, identity politics, the rise of fundamentalism, the social impact of AIDS, the influence of the new generics, 'global sex', queer theory, 'sex wars', the debates about values, new patterns of intimacy and much more. In this new edition, Jeffrey Weeks offers a thorough update of these debates, and introduces new concepts and issues."--BOOK JACKET.
0415497116 9780415497114 0415497124 9780415497121 0203877411 9780203877418
2009014708
Sex.
Sex customs.
HQ21 / .W379 2009
306.7