Sex rights
Subtitle: the Oxford Amnesty lectures 2002
By: edited by Nicholas Bamforth.
Contributors: Bamforth, Nicholas.; Amnesty International.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Women's rights; Gay rights; Human rights; Homophobia; Sex discrimination; Women -- Crimes against; Gays -- Crimes against; Transsexuals -- Crimes against
Other titles: Oxford Amnesty lectures 2002
Description: "These essays, based on the 2002 Oxford Amnesty Lectures, are united in their belief that it is a serious human rights violation unjustly to penalize people because of their sex or sexual orientation. However, they adopt a wide variety of approaches to their subject-matter, and tackle the questions raised in very different ways. In consequence, they make important contributions to academic and practical debates about human rights, gender, and sexuality."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-293) and index.
"In support of Amnesty International"--Cover.
"Contains revised versions of five of the six lectures given as part of the 2002 Oxford Amnesty Lectures series. In addition, two chapters--those by Rose George and Rajeswari Sunder Rajan--were specially commissioned for this volume"--P. x.
Table of contents: title: On being beside oneself : on the limits of sexual autonomy / Judith Butler; title: Women's human rights in the late twentieth century : one step forward, two steps back / Susan Moller Okin; title: Women's human rights in the Third World / Rajeswari Sunder Rajan; title: Rape and rights : Measure for measure and the limits of cultural imperialism / Alan Sinfield; title: Share a spliff, share a girl; title: same difference : the unpleasant reality of gang rape / Rose George; title: From "sex rights" to "love rights" : partnership rights as human rights / Robert Wintemute; title: Who's sorry now? : personal stories, public apologies / Marina Warner.