Ethnographic studies of the role of sexuality and gender in development discourse and policy.
"Sex in Development examines how development projects around the world intended to promote population management, disease prevention, and maternal and child health intentionally and unintentionally shape ideas about what constitutes 'normal' sexual practices and identities. From…
The editors construct a genealogy for the history of sexuality, sexual practices & sexual identities, by expanding the recent abundance of work in the history of sexuality, popularized by John Boswell's Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe.
In Long Slow Burn, a collection of her essays, Weston argues that queer studies is just the latest installment in a long but largely forgotten history of interest in sexuality within the social sciences. Each chapter 'sexes up' a conventional subject.
In Long Slow Burn, a collection of her essays, Weston argues that queer studies is just the latest installment in a long but largely forgotten history of interest in sexuality within the social sciences. Each chapter 'sexes up' a conventional subject.
Embodied Violence is a major investigation into the myriad of ways in which societies play out the struggle for cultural identity on women's bodies. Focusing on communal violence, it explores how such violence reconfigures women's experiences, facilitates the formation of partic…
Bijdragen van feministische wetenschappers over de wijze waarop vrouwen uit verschillende religies en culturen seksualiteit omschrijven en ervaren. Bevat: Good sex: beyond private pleasure / door Grace M. Jantzen; The muslim religious right ("Fundamentalists") and sexuality / do…
A collection of essays by scholars of religion, and women's studies, from a wide range of cultures, explore what feminists have to contribute to the understanding and embodiment of good sex in a globalized world.