Transgressive sex : subversion and control in erotic encounters /

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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Donnan, Hastings (Editor ), Magowan, Fiona (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Colección:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 13.
Temas:
Sex customs > Cross-cultural studies.
Sex.
Sexual Behavior
Sexualité.
sexuality.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Sex
Sex customs
Sexualverhalten
Abweichendes Sexualverhalten
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 radically 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 intera.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 280 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781845458904
1845458907
Acceso:Legal Deposit;

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