Sexuality / Jeffrey Weeks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weeks, Jeffrey, 1945- author.

Series:

Key ideas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Sex customs.

Physical Description:

xxii, 281 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

The new edition of Sexuality displays the qualities which have made this book a key text for understanding human sexuality. Jeffrey "Weeks blends deep empirical knowledge with theoretical sophistication and a sensitivity to the politics of sexuality. Framing and shaping the analysis is an acute understanding of the world-wide changes that are remaking sexuality and gender, dramatized by the globalization of sex and the rise of cybersex. These changes have opened unprecedented opportunities for sexual interaction and sexual choice, but also posed new sexual dangers and anxiety. Debates about the regulation and control of sexuality, and the intersection of various dimensions of power and domination are contextualised by a sustained argument about the importance of agency in remaking sexual and intimate life, above all for women and for LGBTQ people. Particular attention is given to the question of same-sex marriage which came to symbolize the transformations that have taken place. These controversies in turn feed into debates about intimate citizenship and human sexual rights in a rapidly changing world. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: languages of sex

The invention of sexuality

The meanings of sexual difference

The challenge of diversity

Sexuality, intimacy and politics

Private pleasures and public policies

Suggestions for further reading

Bibliography.

Notes:

Revised edition of the author's Sexuality, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138022881

1138022888

9781138022898

1138022896

OCLC:

960736687