The Cambridge World History of Sexualities: Volume 1, General Overviews

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The Cambridge World History of Sexualities: Volume 1, General Overviews is written by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 110890128X (ISBN 10) and 9781108901284 (ISBN 13).

Volume I offers historiographical surveys and general overviews of central topics in the history of world sexualities. Split across twenty-two chapters, this volume places the history of sexuality in dialogue with anthropology, women's history, LGBTQ+ history, queer theory, and public history, as well as examining the impact Freud and Foucault have had on the history of sexuality. The volume continues by providing overviews on the sexual body, family and marriage, the intersections of sexuality with race and class, male and female homoerotic relations, trans and gender variant sexuality, the sale of sex, sexual violence, sexual science, sexuality and emotion, erotic art and literature, and the material culture of sexuality.