The Languages of Sexuality
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Author Description
Words, Freud Once Wrote, Are Magic. Nowhere Have Words Been More Magical Than In The Writing Of Sexuality. Through Words And Concepts We Learn What Is Good Or Bad, Pleasurable Or Painful, Significant And Insignificant. The Terms We Use About Sexuality Do Not Simply Describe Something Out There. They Help Shape What Sexuality Is. The Languages Of Sexuality Offers Concise And Incisive Essays On Key Words And Concepts Which Have Played A Significant Role In Shaping Our Understanding Of Contemporary Sexualities And Intimacies. Nearly A Hundred Essays Illuminate The Terms Abjection Abortion Agency Aids -- Barebacking Bisexuality Blackmail Bodies -- Childhood Sexuality Choice Closet Commodification -- Community Consent Cosmopolitanism Cybersex -- Desire Disability -- Essentialism -- Families Fateful Moments Femininity Feminism -- Fetish Friendship Fundamentalism -- Gay Gay Liberation Gender Globalization -- Great Transition -- Habitus Heterosexuality Homophobia Homosexuality -- Human Sexual Rights Hybridity -- Individualization Informalization Intersectionality Intimacy -- Lesbian Love -- Marriage Masculinity Masturbation Melancholia -- Mixedness Moral Panic Multiculturalism -- Neoliberalism -- Paedophilia Perversion Pleasure Polyamory -- Pornography Prostitution Psychoanalysis -- Queer -- Recognition Reflexivity Regulation Relationality -- Religion Reproductive Technologies Risk -- Sado-masochism Safer Sex Same-sex Marriage Secularization -- Sex Addiction Sex Tourism Sexology -- Sexual Citizenship Sexual Cultures Sexual Diversity Sexual Ethics -- Sexual Identity Sexual Orientation Sexual Scripts Sexual Stories -- Sexual Violence Sexuality Sexualization Social Capital -- Social Constructionism Space Subject -- Toleration Trafficking Transgender -- Viagra. Jeffrey Weeks. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This work investigates how the specific vocabulary and conceptual frameworks we employ actively construct and define the nature of human sexuality. Jeffrey R. Weeks, a prominent sociologist and historian of sexuality, utilizes a collection of nearly one hundred concise essays to analyze the linguistic tools that shape contemporary understandings of intimacy, identity, and social regulation. By examining terms ranging from 'Abjection' to 'Viagra,' the author argues that language does not merely describe sexual experience but functions as a mechanism for creating social reality and moral boundaries.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A comprehensive lexicon of nearly one hundred key terms related to sexual politics, history, and sociology.
- Analytical essays that trace the evolution and cultural impact of concepts like 'Sexual Citizenship,' 'Moral Panic,' and 'Intersectionality.'
- A critical examination of how institutional, medical, and social discourses influence individual sexual identity.
- Theoretical frameworks derived from sociology, psychoanalysis, and gender studies to contextualize modern sexual practices.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars and students frequently cite this text as a foundational reference for understanding the social construction of sexuality. The prose is noted for its accessibility and clarity, making it an effective resource for both academic research and general inquiry into the sociology of intimacy.
Page Count:
248
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0203930320
ISBN-13:
9780203930328
Gender Studies
Sex
Sexuality
Reference
Homosexuality
Sociology
