基本説明
The Routledge History of Sex and the Body is a landmark publication that provides an overview of the main themes surrounding the history of sexuality from 1500 to the present day. An expanding field in which vibrant debate on, for instance, the history of homosexuality, is developing, this volume is a timely contribution to the field, laying out the current scholarship and looking towards future directions.
Full Description
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 the West but also interactions with a broader globe, these thematic chapters survey the major areas of debate and discussion. Covering themes such as science, identity, the gaze, courtship, reproduction, sexual violence and the importance of race, the volume offers a comprehensive view of the history of sex and the body. The book concludes with an afterword in which the reader is invited to consider some of the 'tensions, problems and areas deserving further scrutiny'.
Including contributors renowned in their field of expertise, this ground-breaking collection is essential reading for all those interested in the history of sexuality and the body.
Contents
Introduction. 1. Studying the Body and Sexuality. 2. Sexual Science: Medical Understandings of the Body 3. Examining the Body: Science, Technology and Explorations of the Body 4. Body and Mind: Sexuality and Identity 5. Clothing and Nakedness 6. Pornography and Erotica 7. Knowledge and Experience 8. Life Cycles 'Age to Great, or to Little, Doeth let Conception': 9. Courtship and Marriage 10. Reproduction 11. Prostitution 12. Sexual Violence and Rape 13. Sexual Disease 14. Bodies, Sex and Race 15. Afterword. Bibliographies. Index.
