Research Catalog

Title

The social construction of sexuality / Steven Seidman, State University of New York - Albany.

Author

Seidman, Steven

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]

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Details

Subject

• Sex > Philosophy
• Gender identity
• Social role
• Heterosexuality
• Homosexuality
• Sexual ethics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. Theorizing sex. The science of sex: sexology and psychoanalysis -- Social theories of sexuality: Marxism and feminism -- Social constructionism: sociology, history, and philosophy -- Part II. The sociology and politics of sexual identity. Heterosexuality: from behavior to identity -- Gay, lesbian, and bisexual politics in the United States -- The revolt against sexual identity / co-authored by Suzanne Pennington and Carey Jean Sojka -- Part III. Intimate life in America. Changing cultures of intimacy -- The promise and perils of cyber intimacies -- Youth struggles to negotiate independence and intimate solidarity -- Part IV. The cultural politics of sex. Into our bedrooms: the state takes charge -- Popular culture introduces the new normal citizen: the gay American -- Heterosexuality in panic: doctors to the rescue -- Part V. Sexual ethics in a time of uncertainty. Porn wars -- Sadomasochism, or, the pleasures of pain -- A right to sex work? -- Gay marriage: is America a Christian or liberal nation?

ISBN

9780393937800 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2014030827

OCLC

• 888025669
• SCSB-12316173

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library