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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 18 August 2011
- ISBN 9780521870962
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 233x155x15 mm
- Weight 500 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 44 b/w illus. 0
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Short description:
A compelling account of the tumultuous history of Europe's 'century of sex'.
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This original book brings a fascinating and accessible account of the tumultuous history of sexuality in Europe from the waning of Victorianism to the collapse of Communism and the rise of European Islam. Although the twentieth century is often called 'the century of sex' and seen as an era of increasing liberalization, Dagmar Herzog instead emphasizes the complexities and contradictions in sexual desires and behaviours, the ambivalences surrounding sexual freedom, and the difficulties encountered in securing sexual rights. Incorporating the most recent scholarship on a broad range of conceptual problems and national contexts, the book investigates the shifting fortunes of marriage and prostitution, contraception and abortion, queer and straight existence. It analyzes sexual violence in war and peace, the promotion of sexual satisfaction in fascist and democratic societies, the role of eugenics and disability, the politicization and commercialization of sex, and processes of secularization and religious renewal.
'Everything you always wanted to know about the 'century of sex' - here it is, beautifully written, admirably strong in its analysis, compelling in its plea for different narratives that add ambivalences, conflicts and shadow lines to what at first sight appears as a clear-cut story of liberalisation.' Ute Fervet, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. Reconceiving sexuality, 1900-14; 2. State interventions, 1914-45; 3. Cold War cultures, 1945-65; 4. Pleasure and rebellion, 1965-80; 5. Partnerships and practices, 1980-2010; Epilogue.
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