Sex Acts: Practices of Femininity and Masculinity

Drawing on original empirical research, this book provides a critical understanding of current theory in the study of sexuality.

Inter-disciplinary in approach, Jennifer Harding identifies a series of key issues on contemporary discourses: essentialism vs constructionism; gender and sexuality; representation and concepts of identity; Foucalut′s notion of discourse′; and Butler′s theory of gender performance′. These topics are explored in the light of contemporary cultural contexts - for instance, the debate on hormone theory and the social construction of sexuality, gender bending′ and masculinity, the maternal body, queer families, and constructions of motherhood and fatherhood. Critical summaries of the main debates in the fie

Author: Jenny Harding
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
Published: 09/24/1998
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.15h x 6.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780803975958

About the Author
Harding, Jenny: - Jennifer Harding is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communications at London Guildhall University.

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