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The Political Imaginary of Sexual Freedom: Subjectivity and Power in the New Sexual Democratic Turn
Leticia Sabsay
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Description for The Political Imaginary of Sexual Freedom: Subjectivity and Power in the New Sexual Democratic Turn
Hardcover. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMH; JMQ; JMS; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
This book develops a performative and relational approach to gendered and sexualised bodies conceived as distinct from the more limited individualistic idea of sexual identity and orientation that is at play within notions of progress in contemporary transnational sexual politics. Focusing on the psychosocial dimension of sexual life, Sabsay challenges accepted ideas of increased emancipation, and the steady extension of rights, offering instead a critique of the liberal imaginary that is at the base of the sexual rights-bearing subject. The book offers a notion of sexual embodiment that provides an alternative to individualism, one that is social, radically relational and ... Read more
This book develops a performative and relational approach to gendered and sexualised bodies conceived as distinct from the more limited individualistic idea of sexual identity and orientation that is at play within notions of progress in contemporary transnational sexual politics. Focusing on the psychosocial dimension of sexual life, Sabsay challenges accepted ideas of increased emancipation, and the steady extension of rights, offering instead a critique of the liberal imaginary that is at the base of the sexual rights-bearing subject. The book offers a notion of sexual embodiment that provides an alternative to individualism, one that is social, radically relational and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Studies in the Psychosocial
Condition
New
Weight
519g
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137263865
SKU
V9781137263865
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99-15
About Leticia Sabsay
Leticia Sabsay is Assistant Professor of Gender and Contemporary Culture in the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
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