Sexuality

For over twenty 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 genetics, '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. Globalization is now a key way of understanding the reshaping of sexual life, and is discussed in relation to global flows, neo-liberalism, new forms of opposition, cosmopolitanism and the heated debates around sex trafficking and sex tourism. Arguments 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. In particular, new forms of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer politics, and the high impact of the debates about same-sex marriage are explored. These controversies, in turn, feed into debates about what is 'transgressive', 'normal', 'ordinary'; into the nature of heter-normativity; and into the meanings of diversity and choice. To conclude, the book turns to questions of values and ethics, recognition, sexual citizenship and human sexual rights. This book displays the succinctness, clarity and comprehensiveness for which Jeffrey Weeks has become well known. It will appeal to a wide range of readers internationally.

ISBN 0415497124   Pages 216 ISBN13 9780415497121 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 226 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title Key Ideas Publication date 28 Sep 2009   Previous ISBN 9780415282864 Library of Congress 2009014708   Height (mm) 198 DEWEY 306.7   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate

1		The Languages of Sex		1
2		The Invention of Sexuality		12
		A Brief History of the History of Sexuality		12
		The 'Social Construction' of Sexuality		18
		The Organization of Sexuality		23
		The Importance of Sexuality		31
		Sexuality and Power		37
3		The Meanings of Sexual Difference		46
		Introduction		46
		The Biological Imperative		47
		Sexuality and Social Relations		59
		Sexuality and the Unconscious		67
		The Consequences of Difference		71
4		The Challenge of Diversity		74
		The Language of Perversity		74
		The Discourse of Diversity		81
		Deconstructing the Categories		89
		Making Choices		98
5		Sexuality, Intimacy and Politics		100
		Sexuality: On the Front Line of Politics		100
		The Breakdown of Tradition		104
		Living with Uncertainty: HIV/AIDS		113
		Regulating Sexuality		117
		Sexual and Intimate Citizenship		124
		Globalization and Human Sexual Rights		131
6		Private Pleasures and Public Policies		139
		The Limits of Science		139
		The Ethical Dilemma		142
		Towards Sexual Democracy		146
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