Theorizing sexuality / Stevi Jackson and Sue Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Stevi.

Contributor:

Ray, Larry.

Scott, Sue.

Series:

Theorizing society.

Theorizing society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex customs.

Sexual orientation.

Sex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkshire, England ; New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill : Open University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book confronts the anxieties associated with sexuality in the late modern, western world and engages with wider debates on social transformations in late modernity. As such, it provides both an overview of the field of sexuality as well as setting a new agenda for debating the topic.

Contents:

Front cover; Half title page; THEORIZING SOCIETY; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PUBLISHERS' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE CASE FOR THE SOCIALITY OF SEXUALITY; 1 CONCEPTUALIZING SEXUALITY: FROM KINSEY TO QUEER AND BEYOND; 2 FEMINIST ENGAGEMENTS: POLITICIZING THE PERSONAL AND ENGENDERING THEORY; 3 MODERNITY AND ITS DISCONTENTS; 4 IS HETEROSEXUALITY STILL COMPULSORY?; 5 RISK, GOVERNANCE AND SURVEILLANCE: THE BOUNDARIES OF CHILDHOOD; 6 THE SEXUAL SELF IN LATE MODERNITY; 7 EMBODIED PRACTICES AND SEXUAL PLEASURE

8 CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ON ORDINARY SEXUALITYREFERENCES; INDEX; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-33867-X

9786613338679

0-335-24041-0

OCLC:

654029507