The Anthropology of Sex

Sex scholarship has a long history in anthropology, from the studies of voyeuristic Victorian gentlemen ethnographers, to more recent analyses of gay sex, transsexualism, and the newly visible forms of contemporary sexuality in the West.

Zusatztext "This excellent book brings together cutting edge theory with a wide range of ethnographic evidence. It is a fascinating account of sexuality and all its many facets, raising issues of power, pleasure, taboo and more. An intriguing and engrossing read. - Heather Montgomery, Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies, The Open UniversityThis volume not only brings sex - finally - into the centre of a discipline concerned with the different ways that people deal with the basics of human life, it is also a perfect combination of cross-cultural comparison and fieldwork examples at its best. - Dieter Haller, Chair for Social Anthropology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum" Informationen zum Autor Hastings Donnan is Professor of Social Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast. Fiona Magowan is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the Queen's University Belfast. Klappentext Synthesizes a century of comparative expertise, knowledge and understanding of diverse sexual forms. A key text for social anthropology students. Zusammenfassung Sex scholarship has a long history in anthropology, from the studies of voyeuristic Victorian gentlemen ethnographers, to more recent analyses of gay sex, transsexualism, and the newly visible forms of contemporary sexuality in the West. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface1. Sexual Advances2. Beautiful Bodies 3. Dancing Desires 4. Erotic Economies 5. Foreign Affairs 6. Forbidden Frontiers 7. Sex Crimes 8. Intimate Cultures References Index

Autorentext

Hastings Donnan is Professor of Social Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast. Fiona Magowan is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the Queen's University Belfast.

Klappentext

Synthesizes a century of comparative expertise, knowledge and understanding of diverse sexual forms. A key text for social anthropology students.

Inhalt

Preface1. Sexual Advances2. Beautiful Bodies 3. Dancing Desires 4. Erotic Economies 5. Foreign Affairs 6. Forbidden Frontiers 7. Sex Crimes 8. Intimate Cultures References Index