Peter N. Stearns, "Sexuality in World History "
English | ISBN: 0415777771 | 2009 | 180 pages | PDF | 1384 KB
English | ISBN: 0415777771 | 2009 | 180 pages | PDF | 1384 KB
'Expansive and accessible, Peter Stearns' Sexuality in World History offers a much needed introduction to histories of sexuality from a global perspective.' – Mary Spongberg- Head of Department of Modern History, Macquarie University, USA
This book examines sexuality in the past, and explores how it helps explain sexuality in the present. The subject of sexuality is often a controversial one, and exploring it through a world history perspective emphasises the extent to which societies, including our own, are still reacting to historical change through contemporary sexual behaviours, values, and debates.
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