Women, sexuality and the political power of pleasure / edited by Susie Jolly, Andrea Cornwall and Kate Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jolly, Susie, editor.

Cornwall, Andrea, 1963- editor.

Hawkins, Kate, 1975- editor.

Series:

Feminisms and development.

Feminisms and development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Sexual behavior--Political aspects.

Women.

Sexual excitement--Political aspects.

Sexual excitement.

Physical Description:

x, 309 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With examples from both the north and south of the globe, Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure shows how positive approaches to pleasure and sexuality can enhance equality and empowerment for all.

Contents:

Introduction : women, sexuality and the political power of pleasure / Susie Jolly, Andrea Cornwall and Kate Hawkins

1. Thinking with pleasure : danger, sexuality and agency / Bibi Bakare-Yusuf

2. Challenging the pleasure versus danger binary : reflections on sexuality workshops with rural women's rights activists in north India / Jaya Sharma

3. Sexual pleasure as a woman's human right : experiences from a human rights training programme for women in Turkey / Gulsah Seral Aksakal

4. Better sex and more equal relationships : couple training in Nigeria / Dorothy Aken'ova

5. Building a movement for sexual rights and pleasure / Xiaopei He

6. Enabling disabled people to have and enjoy the kind of sexuality they want / Lorna Couldrick and Alex Cowan

7. Desires denied : sexual pleasure in the context of HIV / Alice Welbourn

8. Sex is a gift from God : paralysis and potential in sex education in Malawi / Anaïs Bertrand-Dansereau

9. Why we need to think about sexuality and sexual well-being : addressing sexual violence in sub-Saharan Africa / Chi-Chi Undie

10. Could watching porn increase our expectations of (safe) pleasure? : an exploration of some promising harm-reduction practices / Anne Philpott and Krissy Ferris

11. Challenging clitoraid / Petra Boynton

12. How was it for you? : pleasure and performance in sex work / Jo Doezema

13. Eroticism, sensuality and 'women's secrets' among the Baganda / Sylvia Tamale

14. Laughter, the subversive body organ / Ana Francis Mor.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781350224094

135022409X

9781780325736

1780325738

9781780325750

1780325754

OCLC:

853360632