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UNINA9910817928203321 |
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Autore |
Beasley Chris. |
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Titolo |
Heterosexuality in theory and practice / / Chris Beasley, Heather Brook and Mary Holmes |
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New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-24705-X |
1-283-71138-9 |
0-203-10392-0 |
1-136-24706-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (139 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in feminist studies and intersectionality ; ; 9 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BrookHeather |
HolmesMary <1965-> |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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