Women, sexuality and the political power of pleasure / / edited by Susie Jolly, Andrea Cornwall and Kate Hawkins

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Zed Books; New York, : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: x, 309 p
• Disciplina: 306.7/082
• Soggetto topico: Women - Sexual behavior - Developing countries; Sex
• Altri autori: JollySusie CornwallAndrea <1963-> HawkinsKate
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : women, sexuality and the political power of pleasure / Susie Jolly, Andrea Cornwall and Kate Hawkins -- ; 1. Thinking with pleasure : danger, sexuality and agency / Bibi Bakare-Yusuf -- ; 2. Challenging the pleasure versus danger binary : reflections on sexuality workshops with rural women's rights activists in north India / Jaya Sharma -- ; 3. Sexual pleasure as a woman's human right : experiences from a human rights training programme for women in Turkey / Gulsah Seral Aksakal -- ; 4. Better sex and more equal relationships : couple training in Nigeria / Dorothy Aken'ova -- ; 5. Building a movement for sexual rights and pleasure / Xiaopei He -- ; 6. Enabling disabled people to have and enjoy the kind of sexuality they want / Lorna Couldrick and Alex Cowan -- ; 7. Desires denied : sexual pleasure in the context of HIV / Alice Welbourn -- ; 8. Sex is a gift from God : paralysis and potential in sex education in Malawi / Anaïs Bertrand-Dansereau -- ; 9. Why we need to think about sexuality and sexual well-being : addressing sexual violence in sub-Saharan Africa / Chi-Chi Undie -- ; 10. Could watching porn increase our expectations of (safe) pleasure? : an exploration of some promising harm-reduction practices / Anne Philpott and Krissy Ferris -- ; 11. Challenging clitoraid / Petra Boynton -- ; 12. How was it for you? : pleasure and performance in sex work / Jo Doezema -- ; 13. Eroticism, sensuality and 'women's secrets' among the Baganda / Sylvia Tamale -- ; 14. Laughter, the subversive body organ / Ana Francis Mor.
• Sommario/riassunto: With examples from both the north and south of the globe, Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure shows how positive approaches to pleasure and sexuality can enhance equality and empowerment for all.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women, sexuality and the political power of pleasure
• ISBN: 1-350-22409-X; 1-78032-573-8; 1-78032-575-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811993003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Feminisms and development.