Sexualities in History by Kim M Phillips

Sexualities in History by Kim M Phillips

Sexualities in History is a multidisciplinary collection of key articles by prominent scholars that looks at the constantly shifting meanings, languages, and practices of western sexualities.

"Sexualities in History's brilliant chapters reveal that assumptions about sex are always provisional though no less consequential or far-reaching for that reasonLooking back in time and across at other cultures, this important volume successfully controverts, hopefully once and for all, the inane notion that sexuality is a narrow site of inquiry." -- Jennifer Terry, author of AnAmerican Obsession
"Sex is, perhaps, the least interesting aspect of the history of sexuality. As this collection makes clear, sexual behaviors and mentalities are embedded in systems of power and that connection provides the common thread which Barry Reay and Kim Phillips have used to draw together a diverse and suggestive collection of writings." -- David Levine, author of At the Dawn ofModernity
"From the Olympian heights of senior scholars on antiquity and the enlightenment to the brilliant interventions of junior scholars on pop culture, from well-known essays on Foucault and pornography to new works on everything from transvestite prostitutes in the 14th century England to gendered identities in cyberspace, Sexualities in History is rich and catholic enough to seduce both the general reader and the lucky student who is assigned it in a course." -- Thomas Laqueur, author of Making Sex
"Phillips and Reay present a splendid collection of essays that moves from antiquity to cyberspace. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding the contexts and complexities of human sexualities." -- Jacqueline Murray, co-editor of Desire and Discipline
"Sex is, perhaps, the least interesting aspect of the history of sexuality. As this collection makes clear, sexual behaviors and mentalities are embedded in systems of power and that connection provides the common thread which Barry Reay and Kim Phillips have used to draw together a diverse and suggestive collection of writings. Sexualities in History provides a marvelous introduction to a subject that is as strangely complex as we are." -- David Levine, OISE/University of Toronto
"This will be the standard account for...years after it is published...I am confident that Sexualities in History will have a long and fruitful life in and out of the classroom." -- Timothy Gilfoyle, Loyola University

Kim M. Phillips is Associate Professor of History at the University of Auckland. She is coauthor (with Barry Reay) of Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History and author of Medieval Maidens: Young Women and Gender in England, 1270-1540.

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ISBN 13	9780415929356
ISBN 10	0415929350
Title	Sexualities in History
Author	Kim M Phillips
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2001-11-07
Number of pages	476
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