Bisexuality: A Critical Reader

TRAMA

"Bisexuality: A Critical Reader" brings together for the first time in one volume some of the most important and influential writings on bisexuality of the last 100 years. The pieces in this unique collection explore this slippery and often controversial concept from a range of perspectives, placing it in its historical and cultural contexts and interrogating its many meanings and uses. <BR> The reader is divided into four sections: <BR>*"Genealogy of the Concept of Bisexuality" traces the ancestry of the concept and the ways in which its meanings have changed since the 1890s <BR>*"Bisexual Identities and Bisexual Behaviors" samples some of the most important international research from the 1970s to the 1990s, discussing what it means to call oneself--or not to call oneself--"bisexual." <BR>*"Bisexual Epistemologies" examines recent arguments that bisexuality is a revolutionary concept with a dangerous potential to subvert old ways of thinking about gender and sexuality <BR>*"Differences" explores the inner dynamics of bisexuality and its possible futures in cyberspace. <BR>Truly unique and invaluable, "The Bisexuality Reader" adds a critical voice in the study of sexuality.

NOTE EDITORE

Bisexuality: A Critical Reader presents the essential primary texts on bisexuality from the last 100 years in an easy-to-read format. Exploring this often controversial concept from a range of perspectives, this book places bisexuality in its historical and cultural context and explores its many meanings and uses. Merl Storr's introductions give a straightforward overview of the texts included and sets them clearly in the context of debates on bisexuality.This collection includes pieces by:* Henry Havelock Ellis* Sigmund Freud* Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy and Clyde E. Martin* and Hln Cixous.

SOMMARIO

Henry Havelock Ellis: Extracts from 'Studies in the Pyschology of Sex' Volume 1, Sigmund Freud: Extract from 'Three essays on the Theory of Sexuality' Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy and Clyde E. Martin: Extracts from 'Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male' Marjorie Garber: Extracts from 'Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday' Helene Cixous: Extract from 'The Laugh of the Medusa'.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415166607
• Dimensioni: 8.5 x 5.5 in Ø 0.80 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 256