Sexuality: Global Formations Past and Present

ISBN-13: 9780415299299 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 252 str.

Joseph Bristow

Opis

Joseph Bristow introduces readers to the most influential contemporary theories of sexual desire and reveals how 19th century scientists invented 'sexuality'. This guide makes complex theoretical ideas accessible to readers.

Spis treści

Preface to Second Edition  Preface and Acknowledgements to the First Edition  Introduction  1. Sexological Types  Sexual Classifications  Feminist Contentions  Consuming Passions  2. Psychoanalytical Drives  Freud’s Complexes  Lacan’s Orders  Feminist Interventions  3. Libidinal Economies  (De)generating Pleasures  Pornographic Materials  4. Discursive Desires  Foucault’s Bodies  Foucault’s Exclusions  Foucault’s Followers  5. Diverse Eroticisms  Queer (Non)Identities  Global Sexualities  Glossary  Further Reading  Bibliography  Index  Further Reading  Works Cited

O autorze

Joseph Bristow is Professor in the Department of English in UCLA. His recent books include The Fin-de-Siècle Poem: English Literary Culture and the 1890s (2005) and Oscar Wilde and Modern Culture: the Making of a Legend (2009). He is the editor of the various edition of Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (2005), as well as editor of the Journal of Victorian Culture.