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Jeffrey Weeks - What is Sexual History? (What is History?) - 9780745680248 - V9780745680248
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What is Sexual History? (What is History?)

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Description for What is Sexual History? (What is History?) Hardcover. * Presents a clear, readable introduction to the flourishing and important field of sexual history from one of the leading international scholars in the area. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .

Until the 1970s the history of sexuality was a marginalized practice. Today it is a flourishing field, increasingly integrated into the mainstream and producing innovative insights into the ways in which societies shape and are shaped by sexual values, norms, identities and desires. In this book, Jeffrey Weeks, one of the leading international scholars in the subject, sets out clearly and concisely how sexual history has developed, and its implications for our understanding of the ways we live today.

The emergence of a new wave of feminism and lesbian and gay activism in the 1970s transformed the subject, heavily influenced ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
Series
What is History Series
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745680248
SKU
V9780745680248
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Jeffrey Weeks
Jeffrey Weeks is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at London South Bank University.

Reviews for What is Sexual History? (What is History?)
�For over forty years, with flawless erudition, Jeffrey Weeks has been leading us through the exciting history of the shifting meanings, manners, conflicts and victories around sexual intimacies. In this elegantly succinct overview we can learn all we need to know about debates surrounding the continuing complexities of people�s ability to flaunt and enjoy their sexual desires. An essential guide ... Read more

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