1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154914003321

Autore

Silverman Buffy

Titolo

Mars missions : a space discovery guide / / Buffy Silverman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : Lerner Publications, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-5124-3809-X

1-5124-7696-X

1-5124-2795-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Space discovery guides

Disciplina

523.43

Soggetti

Space flight to Mars

Roving vehicles (Astronautics)

Mars (Planet) Exploration Juvenile literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overcoming failure -- The search for water -- The search for life -- Journey to Mars.

Sommario/riassunto

"Since the discovery of Mars, people have wondered if there could be life there. This book has the latest news about the exploration of Mars and the scientific breakthroughs that will finally let us answer this question."--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155090503321

Autore

Weeks Jeffrey <1945->

Titolo

Sexuality / / Jeffrey Weeks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-77681-2

1-317-69159-8

1-317-69160-1

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 pages)

Collana

Key Ideas

Disciplina

306.7

Soggetti

Sex

Sex customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised edition of the author's Sexuality, 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : languages of sex -- 2. The invention of sexuality -- 3. The meanings of sexual difference -- 4. The challenge of diversity -- 5. Sexuality, intimacy and politics -- 6. Private pleasures and public policies.

Sommario/riassunto

The new edition of Sexuality displays the qualities which have made this book a key text for understanding human sexuality. Jeffrey Weeks blends deep empirical knowledge with theoretical sophistication and a sensitivity to the politics of sexuality. Framing and shaping the analysis is an acute understanding of the world-wide changes that are remaking sexuality and gender, dramatized by the globalization of sex and the rise and rise of cybersex. These changes have opened unprecedented opportunities for sexual interaction and sexual choice, but also posed new sexual dangers and anxiety. Debates about the regulation and control of sexuality, and the intersection of various dimensions of power and domination are contextualised by a sustained argument about the importance of agency in remaking sexual and intimate life, above all for women and for LGBTQ people. Particular attention is given to the debates about same-sex marriage which symbolize the transformations that have taken place. These controversies in turn feed into debates about intimate citizenship and human sexual rights in a rapidly changing world.