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Sexual Fields
Adam Isaiah Green
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Description for Sexual Fields
Hardcover. Coupling field theory with the ethnographic and theoretical expertise of some of the most important scholars of sexual life at work today, this book offers a game-changing approach that can revolutionize how sociologists will analyze and make sense of contemporary sexual life for years to come. Editor(s): Green, Adam Isaiah. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
The rise of urbanization and mass communication and the decoupling of sexuality from reproduction and moral regulation have contributed to the late modern expansion of specialized erotic worlds catering to a variety of sexual tastes. Organized by appetites and dispositions related to race, ethnicity, class, gender, and age, these arenas of sexual exploration become sites of stratification and dominion wherein actors vie for partners, social significance, and esteem. These are what Adam Isaiah Green calls sexual fields, and to help us to navigate them, he offers a groundbreaking new framework. To build on the sexual fields framework, Green has gathered ... Read more
The rise of urbanization and mass communication and the decoupling of sexuality from reproduction and moral regulation have contributed to the late modern expansion of specialized erotic worlds catering to a variety of sexual tastes. Organized by appetites and dispositions related to race, ethnicity, class, gender, and age, these arenas of sexual exploration become sites of stratification and dominion wherein actors vie for partners, social significance, and esteem. These are what Adam Isaiah Green calls sexual fields, and to help us to navigate them, he offers a groundbreaking new framework. To build on the sexual fields framework, Green has gathered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226084855
SKU
V9780226084855
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About Adam Isaiah Green
Adam Isaiah Green is associate professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. A native of New York City, he lives in Toronto.
Reviews for Sexual Fields
"In Adam Isaiah Green's introductory chapter, he lays out the evolution of his sexual fields formulation. This alone is worth the price of the book. But this volume also includes seven chapters written by real movers and shakers in the field of sexuality, each making interesting, substantive contributions. Sexual Fields is certainly a book that every scholar of sexuality should ... Read more