1st Edition

Masculinities, Sexualities and Love

By Aliraza Javaid Copyright 2019
189 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

189 Pages
by Routledge

It can be said that societies today know little of how gender, sexuality and love interconnect in dissimilar contexts, and how they are collectively shaped by social structures. Underpinned by the theoretical writings of Michel Foucault, Masculinities, Sexualities and Love examines a range of empirical data, including interviews with gay and bisexual men, to understand the ways in which... Read more

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: Making Love

Chapter 1: Historical, Social, and Cultural Perspectives of Love: Love as a Global Phenomenon

Chapter 2: Men, Masculinities, and Love: A Contradiction in Terms?

Chapter 3: Sexualities and Love: Doing Sex and Making Love

Chapter 4: Reflexivity and Love: Even Sociologists Fall in Love, Right?

Chapter 5: What is Love?

Chapter 6: Gender, Love, and Loss: the ‘Happily Ever After’?

Chapter 7: Doing Sex, Doing Sexuality—or just Simply Fuckin’?

Conclusion: The Futures of Masculinities, Sexualities, and Love

References

Biography

Dr Aliraza Javaid is a gender and sexuality theorist and writer. He has a BSc (Hons) in Criminology, an MSc in Clinical Criminology, an MRes in Social Sciences, and a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy.