Heterosexuality in Question

At a time when heterosexuality is being queried more rigorously than ever before, this accessible and engaging book charts the development of feminist and sociological theorizing on sexuality and the emergence of a radical critique of heterosexuality. Stevi Jackson reviews a range of important theoretical and substantive issues, and she demonstrates an important shift in feminist thinking from an emphasis on male dominance within heterosexual relations to a critical perspective on heterosexuality itself.

Informationen zum Autor Stevi Jackson is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Strathclyde. Her most recent publications include The Politics of Domestic Consumption: Critical Readings (co-edited with Shaun Moores) and Feminism and Sexuality: A Reader (co-edited with Sue Scott). Klappentext At a time when heterosexuality is being queried more rigorously than ever before, this accessible and engaging book charts the development of feminist and sociological theorizing on sexuality and the emergence of a radical critique of heterosexuality. Stevi Jackson reviews a range of important theoretical and substantive issues, and she demonstrates an important shift in feminist thinking from an emphasis on male dominance within heterosexual relations to a critical perspective on heterosexuality itself. Zusammenfassung An overview of recent feminist and sociological debates on heterosexuality and the construction of desire - without recourse to psychoanalysis. The author draws on feminism! along with phenomenological and interactionist sociology! to critique the concept of repression and the place of sexuality. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: THE CONTEXT Querying Heterosexuality A Personal History of Feminist and Sociological Theorizing PART TWO: EARLY FOUNDATIONS On the Social Construction of Female Sexuality The Social Context of Rape Sexual Scripts and Motivation How to Make Babies Sexism in Sex Education Femininity, Masculinity and Sexuality The Desire for Freud Psychoanalysis and Feminism PART THREE: RECENT INTERVENTIONS Even Sociologists Fall in Love An Exploration in the Sociology of Emotions Women and Heterosexual Love Complicity, Resistance and Change Gender and Heterosexuality A Materialist Feminist Analysis Lost Childhood or Sexualized Girlhood? Taking Liberties Feminism, Gay Rights and the Problem of Heterosexuality Heterosexuality, Heteronormativity and Gender Hierarchy Some Reflections on Recent Debates ...

Autorentext
Stevi Jackson is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Womens Studies at the University of Strathclyde. Her most recent publications include The Politics of Domestic Consumption: Critical Readings (co-edited with Shaun Moores) and Feminism and Sexuality: A Reader (co-edited with Sue Scott).

Zusammenfassung
An overview of recent feminist and sociological debates on heterosexuality and the construction of desire - without recourse to psychoanalysis. The author draws on feminism, along with phenomenological and interactionist sociology, to critique the concept of repression and the place of sexuality.

Inhalt

PART ONE: THE CONTEXT
Querying Heterosexuality
A Personal History of Feminist and Sociological Theorizing
PART TWO: EARLY FOUNDATIONS
On the Social Construction of Female Sexuality
The Social Context of Rape
Sexual Scripts and Motivation
How to Make Babies
Sexism in Sex Education
Femininity, Masculinity and Sexuality
The Desire for Freud
Psychoanalysis and Feminism
PART THREE: RECENT INTERVENTIONS
Even Sociologists Fall in Love
An Exploration in the Sociology of Emotions
Women and Heterosexual Love
Complicity, Resistance and Change
Gender and Heterosexuality
A Materialist Feminist Analysis
Lost Childhood or Sexualized Girlhood?
Taking Liberties
Feminism, Gay Rights and the Problem of Heterosexuality
Heterosexuality, Heteronormativity and Gender Hierarchy
Some Reflections on Recent Debates