Sexuality - Gender Studies

Including studies of the sexual self and sexual subjectivities, socio-political processes of normativization, and social structures of sexuality and gender in national and transnational contexts, this book offers a view of sexuality as a broad and complex dimension of historically changing social-cu..

Including studies of the sexual self and sexual subjectivities, socio-political processes of normativization, and social structures of sexuality and gender in national and transnational contexts, this book offers a view of sexuality as a broad and complex dimension of historically changing social-cu..

Gay men often face struggles in the conservative world of rural life, due to the pervasive social stigmas associated with homosexuality and the lack of anonymity in a small-town setting. This book presents the results of in-depth interviews and surveys with rural gay men, providing unique and hither..

The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators examines the phenomenon of male-to-female gender performance and the people who live it. This provocative collection of original essays explores the possibilities, limitations, ironies, and contr..

Clearly presenting complex ideas, this absorbing book, is a compendium of one hundred words which are key to the understanding of contemporary sexualities and intimacies, and shows how they can be 'magical' in the unfolding of sexual meanings...

The Myth of the Queer Criminal documents over a century of writings by sociologists, psychologists, criminologists, and forensic scientists, in Europe and the United States, who asserted that LGBT persons were innately and uniquely criminal. _x000D_  ..

This book explores the lived experiences of sexual minority refugees. Bringing previously unheard stories to light, the book challenges dominant notions about the construction of sexuality as an instrument for claiming rights in a world shaped by postcolonial relations...

This volume offers vivid accounts of the diversity of living transgender in today's world, representing the cutting-edge scholarship in transgender studies. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology and gender and sexuality studies...

This book focuses on the complexities of the bisexual umbrella—the phrase that is often used to describe a wide range of sexual identities, attractions, and behaviors that indicate attraction to more than one gender. The authors each explore ways in which the bisexual umbrella expands and contracts ..

This theory-building book explores some of the areas in which there is major and continuing debate in the field of sexuality. With contributions from leading and new scholars and activists from across the globe, this book highlights tensions or ‘flash-points’ in contemporary debate, and offers some ..

Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectives—from growing up during the Depression and World War II..

Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectives—from growing up during the Depression and World War II..