Erotics and Politics provides an interface between the study of sexuality (particularly gay male studies) and gender (primarily feminism). In doing so it covers a wide range of issues of concern to gay and feminist movements over the past twenty five years including gay liberational sexuality, sado-masochism, pornography, promiscuity, personal relationships, AIDS and postmodernity. The central focus of attention throughout is the nature, development and consequence of gay male sexuality and masculinity. This book is unique in its coverage of a wide range of issues and connecting...
Erotics and Politics provides an interface between the study of sexuality (particularly gay male studies) and gender (primarily feminism). In...
Erotics and Politics provides an interface between the study of sexuality (particularly gay male studies) and gender (primarily feminism). In doing so it covers a wide range of issues of concern to gay and feminist movements over the past twenty five years including gay liberational sexuality, sado-masochism, pornography, promiscuity, personal relationships, AIDS and postmodernity. The central focus of attention throughout is the nature, development and consequence of gay male sexuality and masculinity. This book is unique in its coverage of a wide range of issues and connecting...
Erotics and Politics provides an interface between the study of sexuality (particularly gay male studies) and gender (primarily feminism). In...
Presenting a survey of the social, cultural and theoretical issues which surround and inform our understanding of masculinity, this book explores the interface between traditional sociological approaches and the work covered by more post-structural, media-driven or cultural perspectives.
Edwards well known for his work on representations of masculinities, uses grounded examples of the job market and domestic violence to set his theoretical discussion. He argues that there is a need for more dialogue on men and masculinities between disciplines, and considers the validity of...
Presenting a survey of the social, cultural and theoretical issues which surround and inform our understanding of masculinity, this book explores t...
Provides a framework for understanding the cultural turn in terms of the classical legacy, contemporary cultural theory and cultural analysis. This volume reveals the significance of Marxist humanism, Georg Simmel, the Frankfurt School, Stuart Hall and the Birmingham School, Giddens, Bauman, Foucault, Bourdieu and Baudrillard.
Provides a framework for understanding the cultural turn in terms of the classical legacy, contemporary cultural theory and cultural analysis. This vo...
This timely volume provides a framework for understanding the cultural turn in terms of the classical legacy, contemporary cultural theory, and cultural analysis. It reveals the significance of Marxist humanism, Georg Simmel, the Frankfurt School, Stuart Hall, and the Birmingham School, Giddens, Bauman, Foucault, Bourdieu and Baudrillard. Readers receive a dazzling, critical survey of some of the primary figures in the field. However, the book is much more than a rough guide tour through the 'great figures' in the field. Through an analysis of specific problems, such as transculturalism,...
This timely volume provides a framework for understanding the cultural turn in terms of the classical legacy, contemporary cultural theory, and cultur...
In recent decades, the myth of fashionable women and sartorially challenged men has been overturned not least through the proliferation of men's style magazines such as GQ and the emergence of masculinity as a marketing tool. In this engaging book, Edwards applies a sociological approach to our understanding of men's fashion, which he argues is significant in the nexus of masculinity and society, past and present, rather than a narrow artistic or aesthetic interest.
Rejecting an essentialist or 'natural' origin, Edwards explores how masculinity and men's fashion are...
In recent decades, the myth of fashionable women and sartorially challenged men has been overturned not least through the proliferation of men's st...
After the rescue of our entire solar system, swept up into a super massive Dyson sphere, evidence of advanced civilizations inhabiting the interior Rim beckon to the people of Earth to journey to its surface to make First Contact. Major problems emerge across the globe in the development and sending of a vessel to carry the astronauts. A special visitor arrives to assist and take them on a trip of incredible discoveries. Meantime, political conditions on Earth deteriorate under the inspiration and guidance of humanity's ancient enemy, Satan. Could it be the beginning of the end?
After the rescue of our entire solar system, swept up into a super massive Dyson sphere, evidence of advanced civilizations inhabiting the interior...
After the rescue of our entire solar system, swept up into a super massive Dyson sphere, evidence of advanced civilizations inhabiting the interior Rim beckon to the people of Earth to journey to its surface to make First Contact. Major problems emerge across the globe in the development and sending of a vessel to carry the astronauts. A special visitor arrives to assist and take them on a trip of incredible discoveries. Meantime, political conditions on Earth deteriorate under the inspiration and guidance of humanity's ancient enemy, Satan. Could it be the beginning of the end?
After the rescue of our entire solar system, swept up into a super massive Dyson sphere, evidence of advanced civilizations inhabiting the interior...
