Sexuality : a very short introduction

By:

Mottier, Veronique

Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 151pISBN:

9780199298020

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 645.

Summary: What shapes our sexuality? Is it a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have concepts of sexuality and sexual norms changed over time? How have feminist theories, religion, and HIV/AIDS affected our attitudes to sex? Focusing on the social, political, and psychological aspects of sexuality, this Very Short Introduction examines these questions and many more, exploring what shapes our sexuality, and how our attitudes to sex have in turn shaped the wider world. Revealing how our assumptions about what is 'normal' in sexuality have, in reality, varied widely across time and place, this book tackles the major topics and controversies that still confront us when issues of sex and sexuality are discussed: from sex education, HIVAIDS, and eugenics, to religious doctrine, gay rights, and feminism.

List(s) this item appears in: SLAM Library LGBTQ+ books

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	HQ100 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	NE10266
Book	Hirson Library (St Helier) Shelves	HQ 16 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	006235
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WM 645 MOT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	023189

What shapes our sexuality? Is it a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have concepts of sexuality and sexual norms changed over time? How have feminist theories, religion, and HIV/AIDS affected our attitudes to sex?

Focusing on the social, political, and psychological aspects of sexuality, this Very Short Introduction examines these questions and many more, exploring what shapes our sexuality, and how our attitudes to sex have in turn shaped the wider world. Revealing how our assumptions about what is 'normal' in sexuality have, in reality, varied widely across time and place, this book tackles the major topics and controversies that still confront us when issues of sex and sexuality are discussed: from sex education, HIVAIDS, and eugenics, to religious doctrine, gay rights, and feminism.

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