Overview

We now possess both the language and the cultural temerity to discuss sexuality as straightforwardly as we like, and with a frankness that would have shocked people a few decades ago. It now seems impossible to contemplate human happiness without some measure of sexual fulfilment, although that remains a notoriously elusive and negotiable ideal. Nor is it possible now to think about our identities or the identities of others without factoring in sexual tastes and orientation. The central message of this book is that we are unlikely to understand the promise or the limits of our contemporary sexualities unless we understand those of the past.

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9780192880192

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`...this book is worth pursuing...The only real problem in writing about sex is that of predictability; by juxtaposing many writers and many ideas, Sexuality avoids that fate and offers a great deal of enlightenment as well.' The Times `An excellent selection of essays....students will get a lot out of it. Useful across other c.s. modules, too.' Dr David Bell, Staffordshire University

...this book is worth pursuing...The only real problem in writing about sex is that of predictability; by juxtaposing many writers and many ideas, Sexuality avoids that fate and offers a great deal of enlightenment as well. The Times An excellent selection of essays...students will get a lot out of it. Useful across other c.s. modules, too. Dr David Bell, Staffordshire University

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Robert A. Nye is the Thomas Hart and Mary Jones Horning Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History at Oregon State University. For previous and forthcoming publications, see below.

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