1st Edition

Sexuality and Society An Introduction

By Gargi Bhattacharyya Copyright 2002
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

In this broad-ranging introduction to the study of sexuality, Gargi Bhattacharyya guides students through the key theoretical debates in the area from the early history of sexology, through Foucault's technologies of self to Judith Butler on the performance of identity. Bhattacharyya shows how these theoretical positions apply to sexuality as it is experienced in contemporary society, and covers... Read more
1. Introductory Issues 2. Heterosexuality 3. Histories 4. Nationalism and Sexualities 5. Queer? 6. Exoticism 7. Sex Education and Pornography - 90s Agenda 8. Sexualised Spaces 9. All Sexed Out

Biography

Gargi Bhattacharyya