| Description |
viii, 312 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Sexuality, culture and health series |
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Sexuality, culture and health series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-300) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Global 'sex' wars -- Landscaping sexualities -- The real politics of 'sex' -- The sad 'return of the religious' -- Epistemological challenges and research agendas -- The modernization of 'sex' and the birth of sexual science -- The social construction of sexual life -- After AIDS -- The promises and limits of sexual rights -- On the indispensability and insufficiency of human rights -- Inventing and contesting sexual rights within the UN -- Transnational debates : sexuality, power, and new subjectivities -- At the outer limits of human rights : voids in the liberal paradigm -- Postscript : dreaming and dancing : beyond sexual rights. |
| Summary |
The book is split into three sections: Global ₁Sex₂ Wars ₆ discusses the notion of sexualities, its political landscapes internationally, and the return of religious fervour and extremism Epistemological Challenges and Research Agendas ₆ examines modern ₁scientific₂ understandings of sexuality, its history and the way in which AIDS has drawn attention to sexuality The Promises and Limits of Sexual Rights ₆ discusses human rights approaches to sexuality, their strengths and limitations and new ways of imagining erotic justice. |
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Sex -- Social aspects.
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Sex -- Political aspects.
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Sex -- Health aspects.
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Human rights.
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Sexuality. (DNLM)D019529
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Human Rights. (DNLM)D006806
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Human rights. (OCoLC)fst00963285
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Sex -- Health aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01114170
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Sex -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01114181
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Sex -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01114214
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Sexualverhalten. (DE-588)4116485-4
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Menschenrecht. (DE-588)4074725-6
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Kulturkonflikt. (DE-588)4127656-5
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Sozialer Wandel. (DE-588)4077587-2
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Seksualiteit.
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Mensenrechten.
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Sexualitet.
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Mänskliga rättigheter.
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| Added Author |
Petchesky, Rosalind P.
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Parker, Richard G. (Richard Guy), 1956-
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| ISBN |
9780415351171 (hardback) |
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0415351170 (hardback) |
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9780415351188 (paperback) |
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0415351189 (paperback) |
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9780203894170 (e-book) |
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0203894170 (e-book) |
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