Genealogies of Identity: Interdisciplinary Readings on Sex and Sexuality: 26 (At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries, 26) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042017589 ISBN 13: 9789042017580

Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V., 2005

Synopsis

Genealogies of Identity examines issues of sex and sexuality across a range of critical and cultural perspectives. The volume considers historically specific discourses of sex and sexuality, their effect within public contexts such as the church and the workplace, and the link of those discourses to understandings of individual identity, citizenship, nation, and human rights. As well, the volume analyses representations of sexuality and desire in art, literature, theatre, and theory – representations that serve both to codify and to subvert social norms and aesthetic and theoretical traditions. Finally and more broadly, the volume attests to the critical importance of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding constructions of gender, sex, and sexuality. Genealogies of Identity consists of fifteen essays, versions of which were presented at the First Global Conference on Critical Issues in Sexuality, held in Salzburg, Austria, in October 2004.

Edition details

• Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042017589
• ISBN 13: 9789042017580
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282
• Editor: Sönser Breen Margaret, Peters Fiona