How much of a say do we have in our own sexuality? More than is commonly assumed, Richard Posner asserts in this intellectually sweeping and compulsively readable account of sexuality and its social control. While acknowledging that sexual drives and orientations are formed in a…
by Kulick, Don
fromWorlds of desire
In this dramatic and compelling narrative, anthropologist Don Kulick follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes (called travestis in Portuguese) in the Brazilian city Salvador. Travestis are males who, often beginning at ages as young as ten, adopt female names, c…
"Long ago, due to the narrowness of her bipedal pelvis and the increasing size of her infants' heads, the human female began to experience high childbirth death rates, precipitating a crisis for the species. Natural selection adapted her to this unique environmental stress by dr…
Young people tend to find themselves learning about sexuality and gender in their social settings. What implications does this have for their teachers and for the development of policy and practice in personal, social and health education? This book takes a look at the issues.
Taboo looks at the ethnographer and sexuality in anthropological fieldwork and considers the many roles that sexuality plays in the anthropological production of knowledge and texts.
Non-reproductive sex practices in Asia have historically been a source of fascination, prurient or otherwise, for Westerners, who being either Catholic or Protestant, were often struck by what they perceived as the widespread promiscuity and licentiousness of native inhabitants.…
This book examines issues of sex and society in early twentieth-century Spain, and does so by using a specific case history, namely that of Hildegart Rodríguez (1914-1933) who came to be one of the central players in the Spanish chapter of the World League for Sexual Reform (WLS…
"Depicted as duplicitous, traitorous, and promiscuous, bisexuality has long been suspected, marginalized, and rejected by both straight and gay communities alike. Bi takes a long overdue, comprehensive look at bisexual politics--from the issues surrounding biphobia/monosexism, f…
"Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, and public health initiatives that provide only marginal protection of sex workers' rights. In this book, Prabha Kotiswa…
"Modern sex instruction for the contemporary lesbian, bisexual, bicurious, and transfemale is here. Lesbian Sex Bible is a fresh, inclusive and informed look at lesbian sexuality in all of its exciting complexity and diversity. This book teaches the reader to talk freely about s…
"Modern sex instruction for the contemporary lesbian, bisexual, bicurious, and transfemale is here. Lesbian Sex Bible is a fresh, inclusive and informed look at lesbian sexuality in all of its exciting complexity and diversity. This book teaches the reader to talk freely about s…
Explores the intersections of race, class, and gender in U.S.-based sex work, focusing on the experiences of African-American and Latina women in the exotic dance industry, using a case study analysis of two dance clubs in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York, and a lesbian club in…
