Sexualities in Context A Social Perspective

Name: Sexualities in Context A Social Perspective
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ISBN: 9780813342931

ISBN-10: 0813342937

ISBN-13: 9780813342931

Edition: 2006

Authors: Rebecca F. Plante

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"Sexualities in Context presents focuses overviews and explorations of some of the most timely issues in the social construction of sex. This brief text is suitable for courses with coverage of gender and sexuality in sociology, psychology, women's and gender studies, and human development. The only book of its kind to address sexualities from a social perspective, Rebecca Plante's analysis of the context of sexuality, sexual behaviors, and identities in both intelligent and readable. With contemporary topics such as 'hooking up,' sexual fantasies and bisexualities, along with examples of how to apply critical thinking, students are empowered to think outside their comfort zones and…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction : setting the scene



Why sex matters : a brief history of sex/uality



Studying the sexual : classifying and theorizing



Boys, girls, men and women : variables of experience



Birds do it, bees do it : learning about "it"



Finding a Playboy under a rock in the woods : sex in the mind



Hooking it up : sex in the bedroom



LGBTQQPA(H), BDSM : the alphabet soup of sexualities



Bunnies, bytes, and beaches : representations of sex



Screwing with sex : some politics of sexualities