This book surveys and evaluates the sociological contribution to
the study of sexuality. It not only maps major theoretical shifts
and debates, but also offers a unique examination of the topic that
emphasises the sociality of sexuality. In particular, it considers
the institutional, biographical and interactional contexts of our
sexual lives as well as the cultural significance and everyday
practice of sexuality.
The authors contest not only popular understandings of sexuality
as natural, but also psychoanalytic explanations and forms of
analysis that privilege the cultural construction of sexuality over
its everyday social accomplishment. In particular, they challenge
the 'specialness' of sexuality within contemporary culture, arguing
that sexuality is better understood as a routine part of everyday
social life.
The book confronts the anxieties associated with sexuality in
the late modern, western world and engages with wider debates on
social transformations in late modernity. As such, it provides both
an overview of the field of sexuality as well as setting an
agenda.
"Theorizing Sexuality" is key reading for students, researchers
and academics interested in theories of sexuality, gender and
intimacy and anyone concerned with the social conditions that
inform our sexual identities.
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