1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785940303321

Autore

Beasley Chris.

Titolo

Heterosexuality in theory and practice / / Chris Beasley, Heather Brook and Mary Holmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-24705-X

1-283-71138-9

0-203-10392-0

1-136-24706-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in feminist studies and intersectionality ; ; 9

Altri autori (Persone)

BrookHeather

HolmesMary <1965->

Disciplina

306.76/4

Soggetti

Heterosexuality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Unpacking the monolith -- Nasty, boring and normative : heterosexuality within the conceptual map of gender and sexuality studies -- Hetero-doxy : conjugality and the measure of marriage -- Unknown paths : theorising changes in heterosexual intimacy -- Fields of practice and possible adventures -- The challenge of pleasure in preventive health and (hetero) sex education -- (Not) everyday sexual intimacy : on quiet subversions -- Thrills and spills : heterosex, "transgressive" adventures, and social change -- Conclusion: theorising social change from the realm of the dominant -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores heterosexualities in their complex and everyday expressions. It engages with theories about the intersection of sexuality with other markers of difference, and gender in particular. The outcome will productively upset equations of heterosexuality with heteronormativity and accounts that cast heterosexuality in ""sex critical, sex as danger"" terms. Queer/feminist 'pro-sex' perspectives have become prevalent in analyses of sexuality, but in these approaches queer becomes the site of subversive, transgressive, exciting and pleasurable sex, while heterosex, if mentioned at a



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816063303321

Titolo

A companion to Western historical thought / / edited by Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Publishers, 2002

ISBN

1-78268-730-0

0-585-47093-6

9786610284429

1-280-28442-0

0-470-70185-4

0-470-99874-1

1-281-21509-0

9786611215095

1-4051-7864-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (532 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to history

Altri autori (Persone)

KramerLloyd S

MazaSarah C. <1953->

Disciplina

907/.2

Soggetti

History - Philosophy

History, Ancient - Historiography

History, Modern - Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [482]-494) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Cultural History of Historical Thought; PART I: The Pre-Modern Origins of Western Historical Thought; 1: Historiography in Ancient Israel; 2: Historical Thought in Ancient Greece; 3: Historical Thought in Ancient Rome; 4: Historical Thought in Medieval Europe; 5: Historical Thought in the Renaissance; PART II: The Shaping of Modern Western Historical Thought; 6: Historical Thought in the Era of the Enlightenment; 7: German Historical Thought in the Age of Herder, Kant, and Hegel

8: German Historical Writing from Ranke to Weber: The Primacy of Politics9: National History in the Age of Michelet, Macaulay, and Bancroft; 10: Marxism and Historical Thought; PART III: Patterns in



Twentieth-Century Western Historical Thought; 11: The Professionalization of Historical Studies and the Guiding Assumptions of Modern Historical Thought; 12: The History of Armed Power; 13: Total History and Microhistory: The French and Italian Paradigms; 14: Anthropology and the History of Culture; 15: The History of Science, Or, an Oxymoronic Theory of Relativistic Objectivity

16: Language, Literary Studies, and Historical Thought17: Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Historical Thought; 18: Redefining Historical Identities: Sexuality, Gender, and the Self; 19: Historicizing Natural Environments: The Deep Roots of Environmental History; PART IV: Challenges to the Boundaries of Western Historical Thought; 20: The New World History; 21: Postcolonial History; 22: The Multicultural History of Nations; 23: New Technologies and Historical Knowledge; 24: The Visual Media and Historical Knowledge; Consolidated Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This broad survey introduces readers to the major themes, figures, traditions and theories in Western historical thought, tracing its evolution from biblical times to the present.Surveys the evolution of historical thought in the Western World from biblical times to the present day. Provides students with the background to contemporary historical debates and approaches. Serves as a useful reference for researchers and teachers. Includes chapters by 24 leading historians.