Sexuality
By: Louise Foxcroft
Series: All that matters; All that matters
Publisher: John Murray Learning
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781444798609
Subjects: Sex
Description: Sexuality is the quality and expression of our sexual nature or instincts. The word may be an eighteenth century coinage, but as this brilliant new study by award-winning historian Louise Foxcroft shows, sexuality has fascinated and (sometimes) terrified us since much further back than that.From proscription to prescription, and from humour to anxiety - none of which are as far apart as they seem - "Sexuality: All That Matters" explores the vast variety of sexual response and experience over time. The author shows how any appraisal of sexuality requires an understanding of difference, of what the constantly shifting target of 'normal' means, of secrecy and knowledge, and of who decides who should know, say or do what, and to whom. This accessible and readable book will appeal to both students and general readers, giving a fascinating introduction to sexuality - and what matters most about it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What does sexuality mean?; title: The start of sexuality; title: Celebration and punishment; title: Savagery and tenderness; title: Sexuality meets science; title: Truth and sexuality; title: Sexuality and identity; title: New anxieties; title: Sexuality is as wide as the sea; title: 100 ideas.