Transgressive Sex - Subversion and Control in Erotic Encounters (Paperback)

Sex is often regarded as a dangerous business that must be rigorously controlled, regulated, and subjected to rules. Sexual acts that defy acceptable practices may be seen as variously defiling, immoral, and even unnatural. They may challenge and subvert both cultural preconceptions and the social order in a politics of sexual transgression that threatens to transform permissible boundaries and restructure bodily engagements. This collection of essays explores acts of sexual transgression that have the power to reconfigure perceptions of bodily intimacy and the social norms of interaction. Considering issues such as domestic violence, child prostitution, health and sex, teenage sex, and sex with animals across a range of settings from contemporary Oceania, the Pacific, South Africa, and southeast Asia to Euro-America, this book should interest all those who question the "naturalness" of sex, including public health workers, clinical practitioners and students of sex, sexuality, and gender in the humanities and social sciences.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	March 2012
Editors:	Hastings Donnan • Fiona Magowan
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	290
ISBN-13:	978-0-85745-637-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > Sexual relations Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-85745-637-7
Barcode:	9780857456373

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