The State of Sex

2009-12-16 Social Science

Author : Barbara Brents
Release : 2009-12-16
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 223/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The State of Sex written by Barbara Brents. This book was released on 2009-12-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State of Sex is a study of Nevada’s brothels that situates the nation's only legal brothel industry in the political economy of contemporary tourism. Nevada is part of the "new American heartland," as its pastimes, people, and politics have become more central to the nation. The rise of a service and leisure economy over the past sixty years has propelled sexuality into the heart of contemporary markets. Yet, neoliberal laws in the United States promote business but limit sexual commerce. How have Nevada's legal brothels survived, while the rest of the country criminalizes prostitution? How do brothels operate? Who works in them? This book brings social theory on globalizing economies, politics, leisure consumption, and emotional labor in interactive service work together with research on contemporary prostitution and sexual commerce. The authors employ an innovative, multi-method sociological approach, combining historical analysis of how the brothels came to be with over a decade's worth of ethnographic research on the current state of the industry.

Sex Panic and the Punitive State

2011-03-15 Social Science

Author : Roger N. Lancaster
Release : 2011-03-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 211/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sex Panic and the Punitive State written by Roger N. Lancaster. This book was released on 2011-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One evening, while watching the news, Roger N. Lancaster was startled by a report that a friend, a gay male school teacher, had been arrested for a sexually based crime. The resulting hysteria threatened to ruin the life of an innocent man. In this passionate and provocative book, Lancaster blends astute analysis, robust polemic, ethnography, and personal narrative to delve into the complicated relationship between sexuality and punishment in our society. Drawing on classical social science, critical legal studies, and queer theory, he tracks the rise of a modern suburban culture of fear and develops new insights into the punitive logic that has put down deep roots in everyday American life.

The Sexual State

2018 Family & Relationships

Author : Jennifer Roback Morse
Release : 2018
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Rating : 450/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Sexual State written by Jennifer Roback Morse. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morse posits that the sexual revolution was deliberately created by elites of State and has led to widespread and profound unhappiness.

When Sex Threatened the State

2014-12-30 Social Science

Author : Saheed Aderinto
Release : 2014-12-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 843/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book When Sex Threatened the State written by Saheed Aderinto. This book was released on 2014-12-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking new ground in the understanding of sexuality's complex relationship to colonialism, When Sex Threatened the State illuminates the attempts at regulating prostitution in colonial Nigeria. As Saheed Aderinto shows, British colonizers saw prostitution as an African form of sexual primitivity and a problem to be solved as part of imperialism's "civilizing mission". He details the Nigerian response to imported sexuality laws and the contradictory ways both African and British reformers advocated for prohibition or regulation of prostitution. Tracing the tensions within diverse groups of colonizers and the colonized, he reveals how wrangling over prostitution camouflaged the negotiating of separate issues that threatened the social, political, and sexual ideologies of Africans and Europeans alike. The first book-length project on sexuality in early twentieth century Nigeria, When Sex Threatened the State combines the study of a colonial demimonde with an urban history of Lagos and a look at government policy to reappraise the history of Nigerian public life.

Sex Equity and Sexuality in Education

1992-01-01 Social Science

Author : Susan S. Klein
Release : 1992-01-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 332/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sex Equity and Sexuality in Education written by Susan S. Klein. This book was released on 1992-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gelijke behandeling en seksuele vorming in het onderwijs staan centraal in deze bundeling essays. Nieuw zijn deze thema's niet voor leerkrachten, maar wel is er nog maar weinig aandacht gegaan naar de combinatie van deze twee onderwerpen. De samenstellers zijn ervan overtuigd dat een goede seksuele vorming op school sekse-gelijkheid in de hand kan werken. De eerste hoofdstukken zijn bedoeld als introductie op het thema. De evolutie van ideeën over seksuele vorming, seksualiteit en gelijke behandeling is het onderwijs worden in hun historische context geschetst. Daarop voortbouwend worden een aantal doelstellingen geformuleerd waaraan seksuele vorming in het onderwijs zou kunnen voldoen. Verder is er ook aandacht voor volgende onderwerpen: seksuele intimidatie, homoseksualiteit en seksualiteit en gehandicapten.

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