Sex Acts

Practices of Femininity and Masculinity

AvJenny Harding

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

Drawing on original empirical research, this book provides a critical understanding of current theory in the study of sexuality.

Inter-disciplinary in approach, Jennifer Harding identifies a series of key issues on contemporary discourses: essentialism vs constructionism; gender and sexuality; representation and concepts of identity; Foucalut's notion of `discourse'; and Butler's theory of gender `performance'. These topics are explored in the light of contemporary cultural contexts - for instance, the debate on hormone theory and the social construction of sexuality, `gender bending' and masculinity, the maternal body, queer families, and constructions of motherhood and fatherhood. Critical summaries of the main debates in the field are presented in an accessible way, while the text forms an insightful guide to the dilemmas involved in the private/public divide.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-09-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:410 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780803975941

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Jennifer Harding is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communications at London Guildhall University.

Recensioner i media

′Readable, accessible, interesting and lively ... This is a very good course text especially for undergraduates in years one to three′ - Maggie O′Neil, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Staffordshire University`Sex Acts has much to recommend it to students of communications, sociology, psychology and feminism, for it examines the unwitting polarization of gender possible in each of these fields.′ - Feminism and Psychology

Innehållsförteckning

The Power of Sex An IntroductionInvestigating SexEssentialism and ConstructionismPrivate Sex, Public DangerSex/uality and RepresentationChemical Sex and Social Control`Gender-Bending′ and MasculinitySex/uality and the Maternal BodyQueer FamiliesSexual ParodyLesbians in Popular Culture