A Global History of Sexuality
The Modern Era

"In the contemporary world, we teach courses on the history of sexuality without attending to global processes at our peril. A Global History of Sexuality is just what the doctor ordered. With its wide-ranging chapters, accessible style, and introduction of important theoretical concepts, the volume introduces undergraduates (and interested others) to the ways sexuality has shaped the nation-state, imperialism, epidemics, migration, sex trafficking, the mass media, and sexual rights. This is a wonderful resource for the classroom and beyond."
—Leila J. Rupp, University of California, Santa Barbara

"This is truly a global history of modern sexuality. The chapters are organized around the processes and movements that transcend the borders of the nation state and thus allow us to understand the regulation, production, and dissemination of sexualities in broader historical perspective. By bringing this history into the present, the authors also open a window on the complex issues that confront sex activists and national and international policymakers."
—Robert A. Nye, Oregon State University

Robert M. Buffington (Edited by), RM Buffington (Author), Eithne Luibhéid (Edited by), Donna J. Guy (Edited by)

9781405120487, Wiley

Hardback, published 14 February 2014

304 pages
23.8 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.517 kg

“Each essay draws on an impressive array of secondary sources and the authors’ own primary research to highlight how the discourses and practices of sexuality that most people take for granted are in fact expressions of global, socially constructed, and historically contingent patterns.”  (H-Histsex, March 2015)

A Global History of Sexuality provides a provocative, wide-ranging introduction to the history of sexuality from the late eighteenth century to the present day.

Notes on Contributors vii

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]