Policing Sexuality: Sex, Society, and the State
Autor Julian C. H. Leeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 sep 2011
Julian C. H. Lee presents both theoretical and ethnographic literature, distilling common themes and causes and presenting factors that contribute towards a state's desire to control both the sexual behaviour and sexual identity of its citizens, such as the influence of colonialism, class, religion and national identity. Featuring five crucial case studies from India, Britain, the USA, Malaysia and Turkey, this fascinating comparative account challenges the coercive control state authority worldwide exert over the sexuality of its citizens.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781848138964
ISBN-10: 1848138962
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1848138962
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction
1. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
2. From Society
3. To The State
4. India
5. The United States of America
6. Malaysia
7. Turkey
8. Britain
9. Comparing the Case Studies
10. Resistances and Considerations
11. Conclusions
1. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
2. From Society
3. To The State
4. India
5. The United States of America
6. Malaysia
7. Turkey
8. Britain
9. Comparing the Case Studies
10. Resistances and Considerations
11. Conclusions
Recenzii
Policing the body politic always entails sequestering the body sexual; the questions are only how and why, exactly where and when. This trans-regional examination of the different, and always self-contradictory, modalities of sexual state control and self-control is a treasure chest. Authors from Michel Foucault to Judith Butler would pawn one of their books to read this one: a combination of socio-cultural anatomies with humanist thinking. The anthropological wealth and comparative sociological imagination of this painstaking, yet amazingly easy-to-read book are scholarship at its best: accessible but never simplifying, liberating but never patronizing.
In a moment when state policies seeking to regulate sexual expression have emerged under many cultural and religious banners, affecting a wide range of sexual subjects, Julian Lee gives us an invaluable map to understand this moral policing more clearly and comprehensively. Policing Sexuality is exceptional among recent works on sexuality, gender and public policy in providing a rich comparative analysis across five major country contexts encompassing both South and North. Lee's eye for complexity along with his gift for lucid, straightforward prose illuminates "the evolutionary nature of sexuality rights and empowerment" and shows why we must never view culture as static or given nor human rights as sufficient without political struggle.
In a moment when state policies seeking to regulate sexual expression have emerged under many cultural and religious banners, affecting a wide range of sexual subjects, Julian Lee gives us an invaluable map to understand this moral policing more clearly and comprehensively. Policing Sexuality is exceptional among recent works on sexuality, gender and public policy in providing a rich comparative analysis across five major country contexts encompassing both South and North. Lee's eye for complexity along with his gift for lucid, straightforward prose illuminates "the evolutionary nature of sexuality rights and empowerment" and shows why we must never view culture as static or given nor human rights as sufficient without political struggle.