Sexuality in world history
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Sexuality in world history
(Themes in world history)
Routledge, 2017
2nd ed
- : pbk
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  Aomori
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  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Revised edition of the author's Sexuality in world history, 2009
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines sexuality in the past, and explores how it helps explain sexuality in the present. The subject of sexuality is often a controversial one, and exploring it through a world history perspective emphasizes the extent to which societies, including our own, are still reacting to historical change through contemporary sexual behaviors, values, and debates. The study uses a clear chronological structure to focus on major patterns and changes in sexuality-both sexual culture and sexual behaviors-in the main periods of world history, covering topics including:
* The sexual implications of the transition from hunting and gathering economies to agricultural economies;
* Sexuality in classical societies;
* The postclassical period and the spread of the world religions;
* Sex in an age of trade and colonies;
* Changes in sexual behaviors and sexual attitudes between 1750 and 1950;
* Sex in contemporary world history.
This new edition examines these issues on a global scale, with attention to anthropological insights on sexuality and their relationship to history, the dynamics between sexuality and imperialism, sexuality in industrial society, and trends and conflicts surrounding views of sex and sexuality in the contemporary world.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Whys and Hows of Sex History
Chapter 2 Anthropological Findings: A Sampling
Chapter 3 Sexuality and the Rise of Agriculture
Chapter 4 Sexuality in the Classical Period
Chapter 5 The Impact of Religion on Sexuality, to 1450
Chapter 6 Sex in an Age of Trade and Colonies, 1450-1750
Chapter 7 Western Society: a first sexual revolution and the Victorian Response, 1750-1950
Chapter 8 Global Trends and Variations in the Age of Imperialism
Chapter 9 Contemporary Sexuality: Toward Liberation?
Chapter 10 Contemporary Sexuality: A Sea of Problems?
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