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Subject(s)

• Sex—Western countries—History [Browse]
• Sexology—Western countries—History [Browse]
• Human body—Western countries—History [Browse]
• Western countries [Browse]

Related name

• Toulalan, Sarah [Browse]
• Fisher, Kate [Browse]

Series

Routledge histories. [More in this series]

Summary note

The Routledge History of Sex and the Body provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of sexuality from 1500 to the present day. The history of sex and the body is an expanding field in which vibrant debate on, for instance, the history of homosexuality, is developing. This book examines the current scholarship and looks towards future directions across the field. The volume is divided into fourteen thematic chapters, which are split into two chronological sections 1500 - 1750 and 1750 to present day. Focusing on the history of sexuality and the body in t

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• pt. 1. Studying the body and sexuality
• pt. 2. Sexual science and the medical understandings of the body
• pt. 3. Examining the body : science, technology and the exploration of the body
• pt. 4. Body and mind : sexuality and identity
• pt. 5. Clothing and nakedness
• pt. 6. Pornography and erotica
• pt. 7. Knowledge and experience
• pt. 8. Life cycles
• pt. 9. Courtship and marriage
• pt. 10. Reproduction
• pt. 11. Prostitution
• pt. 12. Sexual violence and rape
• pt. 13. Sexual disease
• pt. 14. Bodies, sex and race.

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ISBN

• 1-78684-289-0
• 0-203-43686-5
• 1-299-38665-2
• 1-136-74428-2

OCLC

• 833767678
• 900290582

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203436868

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