"Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance seeks to open a lively and accessible discussion between critical studies of men and masculinities and popular romance studies, especially its continued interest in what Janice Radway has called "the purity of his maleness." Popular roman…
This anthology provides exciting, innovative research focused on the construction of adolescent girls' sexuality in the media. The volume includes a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives from the humanities and the social sciences, addressing how girls and other…
"Stein describes the gay and lesbian households, neighborhoods, commercial establishments, public cultures, and political groups in Philadelphia from the 1940s to the 1970s."
'Sexuality in Adolescence' considers the latest theory & research on adolescent development, focusing on sexuality as a vital aspect of normal healthy maturation. Biological changes are discussed within a social context, & the latest research presented on key issues of our time,…
For decades, Singapore's gay activists have sought equality and justice in a state where law is used to stifle basic civil and political liberties. In her groundbreaking book, Mobilizing Gay Singapore, Lynette Chua asks, what does a social movement look like in an authoritarian …
Tacit Subjects is a pioneering analysis of how gay immigrant men of colour negotiate race, sexuality, and power in their daily lives. Drawing on ethnographic research with Dominicans in New York City, Carlos Ulises Decena explains that while the men who shared their life stories…
Perspectives from philosophy, psychology religious studies, economics, and law on the possible future of robot-human sexual relationships. Sexbots are coming. Given the pace of technological advances, it is inevitable that realistic robots specifically designed for people's sexu…
Vooral beschreven als de geschiedenis van de onderdrukking van seksualiteit.
Peakman presents a history of sexual attitudes and behaviour through five hundred years of empire-building around the world. The author examines colonization and the imperial experience putting women back in the picture, showing their role in the building of empires, but also ho…
"This book traces of the rise, international growth, and plateau of the LGBTQ movement in Palestine. Sa'ed Atshan argues that queer Palestinian activists, even as they critique empire, are themselves subjected to an empire of critique. Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique …
Argues that the standard image of gay youth as depressed, isolated, and drug-dependent that was presented by mental health researchers twenty years ago may have been exaggerated and offers a more accurate portrayal of gay youths in the early twenty-first century.
Verzameling artikelen over de ontwikkelingen in lesbische en homostudies. Verschillende disciplines komen aan bod: psychologie, sociologie, geschiedwetendschap, antropologie, recht, politicologie, geografie, literatuurwetenschap, culturele studies, vrouwenstudies, aids-onderzoek…
