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OverviewA Sociology of Sex and Sexuality offers an historical sociological analysis of ideas about expressions of sexual desire, combining both primary and secondary historical and theoretical material with original research and popular imagery in the contemporary context. While some reference is made to the sexual ideology of Classical Antiquity and of early Christianity, the major focus of the book is on the development of ideas about sex and sexuality in the context of modernity. It questions the widespread assumption that the anxieties and fears associated with old sexual mores have been overcome in the late twentieth century context, and asks whether the discourses of Queer sexual politics have successfully fractured the binary categories of heterosexuality and homosexuality. A Sociology of Sex and Sexuality will be of interest to students in the fields of sociology, sexual history, gender studies and cultural studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gail HawkesPublisher: Open University Press Imprint: Open University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.279kg ISBN: 9780335193165ISBN 10: 0335193161 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 16 March 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsSeries editor's preface The specialness of sex Sex and modernity Enlightenment pleasures and bourgeois anxieties The science of sex Planning sex Pleasurable sex Liberalizing heterosexuality? Subverting heterosexuality Final thoughts and questions Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationGail Hawkes was born in Melbourne, Australia, where she initially pursued a career in nursing. Her undergraduate and doctoral studies, undertaken over the last ten years at the Victoria University of Manchester, concentrated in the area of historical sociology. She is currently employed as Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Manchester Metropolitan University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |