In this book, Mimi Schippers takes feministscholars of sexuality to task for failing to theorize compulsory monogamy as aregime of normalcy that enforces gendered, raced, and classed inequalities.Exploring polyqueer sexual practices in film, writing, and her own life,Schippers provides a vivid illustration of the importance of expanding ourunderstandings of sexual and romantic relationships. -C. J. Pascoe,author of Dude, You're a ... Read moreFag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School This book is a must read for anyone interestedin sexuality and intersectionality. Schippers examines the racialized andgendered backdrop against which heterosexuality and monogamy play out incontemporary US culture. Going beyond the individual focus common in muchdiscussion of polyamory, Beyond Monogamy examinesthe potential collective impacts of non-monogamies and exposes howhetero-masculinity and mono-normativity are socially constructed and far frominevitable. -Elisabeth Sheff,author of The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-Partner Relationships and Families Beyond Monogamy is a book that should be read cover to cover if at all possible. -American Journal of Sociology Show Less