Asexuality and Sexual Normativity: An Anthology

Author:   Mark Carrigan (University of Warwick, UK) ,  Kristina Gupta (Emory University, USA) ,  Todd Morrison (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032929910


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   14 October 2024
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

Our Price $83.99 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Asexuality and Sexual Normativity: An Anthology


Add your own review!

Overview

The last decade has seen the emergence of an increasingly high profile and politically active asexual community, united around a common identity as 'people who do not experience sexual attraction'. This unique volume collects a diverse range of interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical work which addresses this emergence, raising important and timely questions about asexuality and its broader implications for sexual culture. One of the most pressing and contentious issues within academic and public debates about asexuality is what relationship, if any, it has to sexual dysfunction. As well as collecting cutting edge scholarship in the emerging field of asexuality studies, rendering it indispensable to any sexualities course across the range of disciplines, this anthology also addresses this urgent debate, offering a variety of perspectives on how and why some have pathologised asexuality. This includes a range of chapters addressing the broader issues of sexual normativity within which these contemporary debates about asexuality are taking place. This book was originally published as a special issue of Psychology and Sexuality.

Full Product Details

Author:   Mark Carrigan (University of Warwick, UK) ,  Kristina Gupta (Emory University, USA) ,  Todd Morrison (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.280kg
ISBN:  

9781032929910


ISBN 10:   103292991
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   14 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

Table of Contents

Introduction Mark Carrigan, Kristina Gupta and Todd G. Morrison 1. Who reports absence of sexual attraction in Britain? Evidence from national probability surveys Catherine R.H. Aicken, Catherine H. Mercer and Jackie A. Cassell 2. Mental health and interpersonal functioning in self-identified asexual men and women Morag A. Yule, Lori A. Brotto and Boris B. Gorzalka 3. HSDD and asexuality: a question of instruments Jacinthe Flore 4. How is asexuality different from hypoactive sexual desire disorder? Andrew Hinderliter 5. Asexuality: from pathology to identity and beyond Randi Gressgård 6. Sex as a normalising technology: early-twentieth-century public sex education campaigns Elizabeth Stephens 7. The average and the normal in nineteenth-century French medical discourse Peter Cryle 8. From pre-normal to abnormal: the emergence of a concept in late eighteenth-century France Caroline Warman 9. Afterword: some thoughts on asexuality as an interdisciplinary method Ela Przybylo 10. A mystery wrapped in an enigma – asexuality: a virtual discussion C. J. Bishop

Reviews

Author Information

Mark Carrigan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. For his dissertation, he is developing a critical realist approach to longitudinal qualitative research through an empirical case study of undergraduate students. His other research interests include asexuality, sexual culture and digital sociology. Kristina Gupta is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University, USA. For her dissertation, she is researching the intersections of feminist theory, asexuality, and scientific and medical research on sexual desire. Todd G. Morrison is Associate Professor in the College of Arts & Science at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. His primary research interests include gay and lesbian psychology; body image; stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; psychometrics; and human sexuality (in particular, pornography and sex work).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List