Reviews for Sexuality

The average rating for Sexuality based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-09-18 00:00:00 James Schultz 180919: took little longer than others of new critical idiom series, definitely more to the 'cultural' than 'literary' studies end. in some sense this is intro, for many of the names, concepts, theories etc are familiar in postmodern way, that is, read somewhere before. but here the author has narrowed the focus and offers history of ideas centred on sex. which is now and always has been matter of great enquiry... philosophical development in the modern west moves from sexological types, to psychological drives, to libidinal economies, to discursive desires- if there is a theme it is the gradual emancipation, understanding, complexity, of sexuality. from locus in behaviour, as interpreted in the times by say kraft ebbings, then inventive freudian, lacan etc narratives, or later in power dynamics by foucault, it seems sex is in everything but not everything is in discursive, slippery, elusive sex. there are names, ideas, which are somehow familiar, and much bibliography to follow... if there is a problem for me, it is that this book is from 1997. end discussions on 'queer' and 'bi' and 'trans' etc seem already dated. i have two lesbian nieces, one of whom soon to be mother again with her wife (her turn to be pregnant), i know gay men, i also know queers who are just tired of talking about sexuality. but this is a good intro to start...

Review # 2 was written on 2020-04-23 00:00:00 Terrence Kyle can't believe this book managed the unthinkable: explaning deleuze to me