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Sexuality
2nd Edition
Series: Key Ideas
We are almost programmed into thinking of our sexuality as a wholly natural feature of life. But sexual relations are but one form of social relations, as Jeffrey Weeks makes clear in his book. Drawing on the analyses of Michel Foucault, amongst others, the book examines the social, moral and...
Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
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The Languages of Sexuality
Words, Freud once wrote, are magic. Nowhere have words been more magical than in the writing of sexuality. Through words and concepts we learn what is good or bad, pleasurable or painful, significant and insignificant. The terms we use about sexuality do not simply describe something out there....
Published May 1st 2011 by Routledge
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Sexuality
3rd Edition
Series: Key Ideas
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...
Published September 27th 2009 by Routledge
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The World We Have Won
The Remaking of Erotic and Intimate Life
The World We Have Won is a major study of transformations in erotic and intimate life since 1945. We are living in a world of transition, in the midst of a long, unfinished but profound revolution that has transformed the possibilities of living out our sexual diversities. This book provides a...
Published June 20th 2007 by Routledge
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The Shape of Space
2nd Edition
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics
Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe...
Published December 11th 2001 by CRC Press
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Same Sex Intimacies
Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments
Our families are increasingly a matter of choice, and the choices are widening all the time. This is particularly true of the non-heterosexual world, where the last ten years have seen a popular acceptance of same sex partnerships and, to a lesser extent, of same sex parenting. Based on extensive...
Published May 9th 2001 by Routledge
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Sexuality and Its Discontents
Meanings, Myths, and Modern Sexualities
Few topics evoke so much anxiety and pleasure, pain and hope, discussion and silence as sexuality. Throughout the Christian era it has been a major moral preoccupation. Since the eighteenth century it has also been the focus of 'scientific' exploration and political activity. But, despite this...
Published June 16th 1985 by Routledge