Sex Acts - Practices of Femininity and Masculinity

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Harding is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communications at London Guildhall University. Klappentext Drawing on original empirical research, this book provides a critical understanding of current theory in the study of sexuality. Inter-disciplinary in approach, Jennifer Harding identifies a series of key issues on contemporary discourses: essentialism vs constructionism; gender and sexuality; representation and concepts of identity; Foucalut's notion of `discourse'; and Butler's theory of gender `performance'. These topics are explored in the light of contemporary cultural contexts - for instance, the debate on hormone theory and the social construction of sexuality, `gender bending' and masculinity, the maternal body, queer families, and constructions of motherhood and fatherhood. Critical summaries of the main debates in the field are presented in an accessible way, while the text forms an insightful guide to the dilemmas involved in the private/public divide. Zusammenfassung This interdisciplinary review of the literature identifies a series of key issues in discourses on sexuality! including gender and sexuality! representation and concepts of identity! and Foucault's notion of 'discourse'. These issues are explored in a series of contemporary contexts! such as 'gender bending' and masculinity and the maternal body. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Power of Sex An Introduction Investigating Sex Essentialism and Constructionism Private Sex, Public Danger Sex/uality and Representation Chemical Sex and Social Control `Gender-Bending¿ and Masculinity Sex/uality and the Maternal Body Queer Families Sexual Parody Lesbians in Popular Culture

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Harding, Jenny Harding, Harding Jenny
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.1998
• EAN: 9780803975958
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7595-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, Gender studies, gender groups, Sex & sexuality, sex manuals, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues, Sexualities;Sociology of Gender