Sex , politics and society : the regulation of sexuality since 1800 / Jeffrey Weeks [Texte imprimé] / Jeffrey, Weeks
Language: anglais.Publication: London, New York, 1981Description: XIII-306 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0582483344.Series: Themes in British social historyAbstract: A pioneering study which has become an established classic in its field, Sex, Politics and Society provides a lucid and comprehensive analysis of the transformations of British sexual life from 1800 to the present. These changes are firmly located in the wider context of British social, political and cultural life, from industrialization, urbanisation and the impact of Empire and colonisation, through the experience of economic disruption, World Wars, the establishment of the welfare state, changing patterns of gender and the emergence of new sexual identities. This book also charts the rise of both progressive and conservative social movements, including feminism, LGBT activism, and fundamentalist movements. It is a history where the past continues to live in the present, and where the present provides ever more complex, and often controversial patterns of sexual life, with sexual and gender issues at the heart of contemporary politics. .Subject - Topical Name: Vie sexuelle -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle | Vie sexuelle -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle | Morale sexuelle -- 19e siècle | Morale sexuelle -- 20e siècle Subject: Grande-Bretagne | histoire | sexualité | contrôle socialItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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A pioneering study which has become an established classic in its field, Sex, Politics and Society provides a lucid and comprehensive analysis of the transformations of British sexual life from 1800 to the present. These changes are firmly located in the wider context of British social, political and cultural life, from industrialization, urbanisation and the impact of Empire and colonisation, through the experience of economic disruption, World Wars, the establishment of the welfare state, changing patterns of gender and the emergence of new sexual identities. This book also charts the rise of both progressive and conservative social movements, including feminism, LGBT activism, and fundamentalist movements. It is a history where the past continues to live in the present, and where the present provides ever more complex, and often controversial patterns of sexual life, with sexual and gender issues at the heart of contemporary politics.
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