ISBN:
9780226016047
,
0226016048
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 216 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Global sex
DDC:
306.7
Keywords:
Vie sexuelle
;
Mondialisation
;
Sex customs
;
Globalization
;
Sex customs
;
Globalization
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Human Sexuality
;
SELF-HELP ; Sexual Instruction
;
Globalization
;
Sex customs
;
Seksualiteit
;
Internationalisatie
;
Massamedia
;
Globalisierung
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
'Global Sex' is the first major work to take on the globalization of sexuality, examining the ways in which desire and pleasure - as well as ideas about gender, political power, and public health - are framed, shaped, or commodified by a global economy in which more and more cultures move into ever-closer contact
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: thinking about sex and politicsThe many faces of globalization -- Sex and political economy -- the (re)discovery of sex -- Imagining AIDS: and the new surveillance -- The globalization of sexual identities -- The new commercialization of sex: from forced prostitution to cybersex -- Sexual politics and international relations -- Squaring the circle: the battle for "traditional" morality -- Conclusion: a global sexual politics?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-204) and index. - Description based on print version record
