Global Sex by Dennis Altman
Transportation, mass media, emigration, multinational corporations, advances in modern communications and new information technologies all go towards making a borderless world of interconnected consumer culture. But the rapid process of globalization affects more than just the economy, it reshapes the way we conceive ourselves and our sexuality. This volume tackles the issues of globalization and sexuality. It looks at how pleasures of the body are framed, shaped, commercialized and commodified in the new global economy. The book explores the impact of globalization on gender relations, politics, public health, migration and the ways in which we imagine our own sense of place and self. Ranging from UN debates over abortion to the advent of cybersex, to the outbreak of AIDS in Africa, to the sex scandels that rocked both Malysia and the US, "Global Sex" sheds light on how the personal and the political are now becoming indistinguishable.
"This valuable resource is compelling and easy-to-read, accessible to anyone interested in how technology and the global economy are shaping the ways we think" - Booklist "Altman is a wonderfully clear writer and thinker with a magpie skill for accumulating relevant nuggets of information. This makes Global Sex both illuminating and fascinating.... It is dazzlingly ambitious in its scope, ranging from fellatio in the White House and bulimia in Fiji to AIDS in Africa and transgender in Taiwan." - New Internationalist "A gripping portrait of a world barely able to keep pace with enormous, rapid-fire changes.... Offering neither a dire warning nor a reason to rejoice, his savvy, energetic book truly maintains a global perspective." - Publishers Weekly
Dennis Altman is professor in the School of Politics, Sociology, and Anthropology at La Trobe University, Australia. He is the author of eight books, including AIDS in the Mind of America and Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226016061 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226016064 |
| Titel | Global Sex |
| Autor | Dennis Altman |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | The University of Chicago Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2001-04-15 |
| Seitenanzahl | 192 |
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