TY - BOOK ID - 78141004 TI - Sexuality and society : an introduction PY - 2002 SN - 1134584407 1280109270 0203994191 9780203994191 0415229030 0415229022 9781134584352 9781134584390 9781134584406 9780415229029 9780415229036 1134584393 PB - New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Sex. KW - Gender (Sex) KW - Human beings KW - Human sexuality KW - Sex (Gender) KW - Sexual behavior KW - Sexual practices KW - Sexuality KW - Sexology UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78141004 AB - In this broad-ranging introduction to the study of sexuality, Gargi Bhattacharyya guides students through the key theoretical debates in the area from the early history of sexology, through Foucault's technologies of self to Judith Butler on the performance of identity. Bhattacharyya shows how these theoretical positions apply to sexuality as it is experienced in contemporary society, and covers key topics such as:* the ideology of heterosexuality* sex and the state* sex, race and 'the exotic'* age and sexuality* sex education and pornography.The book argues ER -