The Cambridge World History of Sexualities: Volume 4, Modern Sexualities

Volume IV examines the intersections of modernity with human sexuality across the world.

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (Edited by), Mathew Kuefler (Edited by)

9781108842112, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 May 2024

438 pages
23.7 x 16.3 x 2.2 cm, 0.82 kg

Volume IV examines the intersections of modernity and human sexuality through the forces, ideas, and events that have shaped the modern world. Through eighteen chapters, this volume examines connections between sexuality and the defining forces of modern global history including capitalism, colonialism, migration, consumerism, and war; sexuality in modern literature and print media; sexuality in dictatorships and democracies; and cultural changes such as sex education and the sexual revolution. The volume ends with discussions of the difficult issues we in the modern world continue to face, such as restrictions on reproductive rights, sex tourism, STDs and AIDS, sex trafficking, domestic violence, and illiberal attacks on sexuality.

Editors' preface to the series Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Mathew Kuefler
1. Sexuality and capitalism Adriana Zaharijević
2. Colonialism and modern sexuality Penny Russell
3. Gender, migration, and sexuality in history Kalpana Hiralal
4. 'Pornography', 'obscenity', and the suppression of libertine literature James Grantham Turner
5. Sexuality and the print media in the modern world Gretchen Soderlund
6. Eugenics, public health, and modern sexuality Mirela David
7. Sexuality and consumerism in the modern world: the business of pleasure Erika Rappaport and Julie Johnson
8. Sex education in the modern world Cris Mayo and Lauren Bialystok
9. Birth control and reproductive rights in the modern world Darshi Thoradeniya
10. The impact of the world wars on modern sexuality Cornelie Usborne and Lee Arnott
11. Sexuality and dictatorships of the twentieth century Cristina Scheibe Wolff
12. Sexuality in postwar liberal democracies Barbara Brookes
13. The sexual revolution Dagmar Herzog and Yanara Schmacks
14. Sex tourism: fluid borders of meaning Amalia L. Cabezas
15. STDs and aids in the modern world Mandisa Mbali
16. Sex trafficking in the modern world Anamaria Marcon Venson and Joana Maria Pedro
17. Sex, law, and domestic violence against women in the modern world Conceiçäo Gomes
18. Sexuality under attack now Andrea Pető.

Subject Areas: General & world history [HBG]