Sexuality and modern Western culture /
In this study, Carolyn J. Dean focuses on the transformation of sexuality and its changing role in gender relations, politics, and culture. In Dean's view, a history of sexuality, by necessity, is a history of the changing relationship between sex and gender, that is, between our anatomy and ou...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Twayne Publishers,
[1996].
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| Series: | Twayne's studies in intellectual and cultural history ;
no. 8. |
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| Summary: | In this study, Carolyn J. Dean focuses on the transformation of sexuality and its changing role in gender relations, politics, and culture. In Dean's view, a history of sexuality, by necessity, is a history of the changing relationship between sex and gender, that is, between our anatomy and our cultural expectations of what it means to be a man or woman. Dean examines how turn-of-the-century concerns about deviant sexual behavior and the changing role of women in society led to a radical restructuring of sex-gender connections in the early part of the 20th century. Her review of debates on pornography, obscenity, homosexuality and the role of women demonstrates how many of the pressing issues from the beginning of this century continue to haunt us at its end. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 136 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0805786155 9780805786156 |