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Sexuality (The New Critical Idiom)
by Joseph Bristow
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Routledge (1997-03-25)
ISBN: 0415084946
EAN: 9780415084949
Dewy Decimal #: 306.7
Paperback: 248 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: GD08021865
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: Exactly as shown, Quite a lot of underlining and margin notes throughout. Scuffs on cover. Discounted for markings.
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Product Description
A refreshingly clear account of the history of sexuality in critical discourse, providing a context for the subject and an overview of current debates.
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A fine and clearly written introduction to the field
Rating  (4)
Date: 2002-07-15
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is one of the clearest introductions I could imagine to the field of sexuality studies--Bristow does a fine job giving an overview of a very dense and crowded theoretical field. The chapters on sexology and on Foucault and his influence on [homosexual] studies are the best; I think the section on postmodern theory was probably not a good choice. Most of the models Bristow proposes here--Lyotard, Baudrillard, Deleuze & Guattari--really don't fit into the rest of the discussion, which is mostly about the desirtes of individuals rather than of "culture," and thus seem like a sop to critical fashion. The space this section took up (half a chapter) could have been used to speak more in depth about Freud or Lacan, or to give a fuller account of newer psychological insights into sexuality. But otherwise, this is a great introduction for students.
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