An introduction to the study of sexuality

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Author:

Horrocks, Roger, 1946-

ISBN:

9780312172824

9780333651391

9780312172817

9780333651384

Personal Author:

Horrocks, Roger, 1946-

Publication Information:

Houndmills, Basingstoke : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Physical Description:

viii, 207 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Christianity and Sex -- 3. Freud I: From Biology to Psychology -- 4. Freud II: Male and Female Sexuality -- 5. Lacan: Lack and Desire -- 6. Sexuality as a Modern Concept -- 7. Sexuality, Spirituality and Alienation -- 8. Feminism and the Politics of Sexuality -- 9. Homosexualities -- 10. Male Sexuality -- 11. Conclusions.

Abstract:

This book examines some of the ways in which sexuality has been described and interpreted in Western culture. In the first part of the book, four important paradigms are examined: the Christian view of sex as sinful; the psychoanalytical model; the 'social construction' model, which proposes that 'sexuality' is a modern concept; and fourthly, the possible connections between sexuality and spirituality. In the second part of the book, three important topics in the modern study of sexuality are described: the feminist approach, gay studies, and male sexuality. The author uses an unusually wide range of sources, ranging from Freud to St. Teresa, and also refers to textual material from novels, poetry and films. The author suggests that sexuality in fact constitutes a highly complex complication systgm, by means of which human beings are able to convey a wide range of information, not simply about 'sex'.

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This book examines some of the ways in which sexuality has been described and interpreted in the West. The main models examined are: the Christian view of sex as sinful; the psychoanalytical model, including such notions as the sexual drive, infantile sexuality, the Oedipus complex, and the distinction between male and female sexuality; the 'social construction' model, which proposes that 'sexuality' is a modern concept; and the links between sexuality and spirituality. There is also some consideration of feminist and gay approaches to sexuality, and the complicated subject of male sexuality.