A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN THE MODERN AGE

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The first systematic cultural history of the subjectBrings together the original research of an international range of scholarsAlso available as a 6volume set 9781845207021 350 (December 2010)Gert Hekma teaches in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is coeditor of The Pursuit of Sodomy: Gay Men and the Sexual History of the Political Left: and Sexual Cultures in Europe.Sexual cultures have changed enormously in the 20th century. We have greater sexual equality than ever before and homosexuality has shifted from being a crime a sin and a disease to an acknowledged and sometimes legally sanctioned variation. However many sexual practices remain controversial even demonized. The sexual revolution psychoanalysis changes in the law medical advances and the explosion of sexual imagery in the media have all contributed to a liberalization of sex. At the same time Western cultures continue to think about sexuality as a desire shaped by nature as of greater interest to men than women as private and as shaped by love.A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on heterosexuality homosexuality sexual variations religious and legal issues health concerns popular beliefs about sexuality prostitution and erotica.A thematic overview of how sexuality was perceived in the period from 1920 to 2000 covering homosexuality heterosexuality sexual variations prostitution medicine religion erotica and popular belief.1 IntroductionGert Hekma (University of Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)2 HeterosexualityFrancis Ronsin (University of Bourgogne FRANCE)3 HomosexualityFlorence Tamagne (University of Lille FRANCE)4 Sexual VariationsGert Hekma (University of Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)5 Sex Religion and the Law Daniela Danna (Universita degli studi ITALY)6 Sex Medicine and Disease Alain Giami (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research FRANCE)7 Sex Popular Beliefs and CultureFranz X. Eder (University of Vienna AUSTRIA)8 Prostitution MarieLouise Janssen (University of Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)9 EroticaKelly Dennis (University of Connecticut USA)Notes Bibliography ContributorsIndexA thematic overview of how sexuality was perceived in the period from 1920 to 2000 covering homosexuality heterosexuality sexual variations prostitution medicine religion erotica and popular belief.

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