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Passion And Power: Sexuality in History (Critical Perspectives on the Past)
Kathy Peiss
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Description for Passion And Power: Sexuality in History (Critical Perspectives on the Past)
Paperback. Explores the experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped the emergence of modern sexual identities. This work features articles on sexual assault, homosexuality, birth control, venereal disease, sexual repression, pornography, and the AIDS epidemic, which examine the ways that sexuality has become a core element of modern social identity. Editor(s): Peiss, Kathy; Simmons, Christina. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
"Passion and Power" brings together some of the most recent and innovative writings on the history of sexuality and explores the experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped the emergence of modern sexual identities. Arguing that sexuality is not an unchanging biological reality or a universal natural force, the essays in this volume discuss sexuality as an integral part of the history of human experience. Articles on sexual assault, homosexuality, birth control, venereal disease, sexual repression, pornography, and the AIDS epidemic examine the ways that sexuality has become a core element of modern social identity in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century ... Read more
"Passion and Power" brings together some of the most recent and innovative writings on the history of sexuality and explores the experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped the emergence of modern sexual identities. Arguing that sexuality is not an unchanging biological reality or a universal natural force, the essays in this volume discuss sexuality as an integral part of the history of human experience. Articles on sexual assault, homosexuality, birth control, venereal disease, sexual repression, pornography, and the AIDS epidemic examine the ways that sexuality has become a core element of modern social identity in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical Perspectives on the Past Series
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9780877226376
SKU
V9780877226376
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"Brings together some of the most recent and innovative writing on the history of sexuality and explores the experiences, ideas and conflicts that have shaped the emergence of modern sexual identities."
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