Histories of Sexuality: Antiquity to Sexual Revolution

by Stephen Garton

Book Overview

A history of sexuality runs the risk of confirming popular fears that academics are capable of ruining even the most simple of pleasures. This book, however, is written in the hope that histories of sexuality (although not necessarily this one) can enlighten and, occasionally, even delight. At their best such histories offer a means of investigating the clash of instinct and culture - how seemingly timeless and natural behaviours shape and are in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415972299
• ISBN13: 9780415972291
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.1"