{"product_id":"what-is-sexual-history-paperback-softback-9780745680255","title":"What is Sexual History? (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745680255","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat is Sexual History?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey Weeks (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745680255, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 April 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.277 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the 1970s the history of sexuality was a marginalized practice. Today it is a flourishing field, increasingly integrated into the mainstream and producing innovative insights into the ways in which societies shape and are shaped by sexual values, norms, identities and desires. In this book, Jeffrey Weeks, one of the leading international scholars in the subject, sets out clearly and concisely how sexual history has developed, and its implications for our understanding of the ways we live today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe emergence of a new wave of feminism and lesbian and gay activism in the 1970s transformed the subject, heavily influenced by new trends in social and cultural history, radical sociological insights and the impact of Michel Foucault’s work. The result was an increasing emphasis on the historical shaping of sexuality, and on the existence of many different sexual meanings and cultures on a global scale. With chapters on, amongst others, lesbian, gay and queer history, feminist sexual history, the mainstreaming of sexual history, and the globalization of sexual history, \u003ci\u003eWhat is Sexual History? \u003c\/i\u003eis an indispensable guide to these developments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a History of Sexuality a History of?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarratives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary of Book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Framing Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowards a Critical Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical Detours\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubjectivities and Affect\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenerations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimes Present, Times Past, Times Future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Invention of Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Magic of Words\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Natural History of Sexuality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of Social Constructionism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Querying and Queering Same-sex History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Homosexual History?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecovering the Gay and Lesbian Past, and Historic Present\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstructing and Reconstructing the Homosexual\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Queer Challenge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond the Binary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Connections\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Gender, Sexuality and Power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDangers and Pleasures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexual Violence and Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistoricizing Female Sexuality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexuality and the Theory Wars\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking Power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntersections\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Manliness, Masculinity, and Men\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Mainstreaming Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInto the Mainstream\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Birth of Modern Sexuality?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Normalization of Heterosexuality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Transition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAIDS and the Burdens of History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSame-sex Marriage and New Patterns of Intimacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Globalization of Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalizing Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorians and Transnational Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns of Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Colonial Legacy and the Postcolonial Critique\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexual Regimes, Sexual Lives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Human Sexual Rights\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Memory, Community, Voice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnofficial Knowledges and Counter-history\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMemory and Community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sexual Archive\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving Sexual History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52458422305048,"sku":"9780745680255","price":14.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745680255.jpg?v=1785372677","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-is-sexual-history-paperback-softback-9780745680255","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}