Heterosexuality in Question / Edition 1

by Stevi Jackson

Overview

At a time when heterosexuality is being queried more rigorously than ever before, this accessible and engaging book charts the development of feminist and sociological theorizing on sexuality and the emergence of a radical critique of heterosexuality. Stevi Jackson reviews a range of important theoretical and substantive issues, and she demonstrates an important shift in feminist thinking from an emphasis on male dominance within heterosexual relations to a critical perspective on heterosexuality itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761953425
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/23/2020
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Stevi Jackson is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Strathclyde. Her most recent publications include The Politics of Domestic Consumption: Critical Readings (co-edited with Shaun Moores) and Feminism and Sexuality: A Reader (co-edited with Sue Scott).

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE CONTEXT
Querying Heterosexuality
A Personal History of Feminist and Sociological Theorizing
PART TWO: EARLY FOUNDATIONS
On the Social Construction of Female Sexuality
The Social Context of Rape
Sexual Scripts and Motivation
How to Make Babies
Sexism in Sex Education
Femininity, Masculinity and Sexuality
The Desire for Freud
Psychoanalysis and Feminism
PART THREE: RECENT INTERVENTIONS
Even Sociologists Fall in Love
An Exploration in the Sociology of Emotions
Women and Heterosexual Love
Complicity, Resistance and Change
Gender and Heterosexuality
A Materialist Feminist Analysis
Lost Childhood or Sexualized Girlhood?
Taking Liberties
Feminism, Gay Rights and the Problem of Heterosexuality
Heterosexuality, Heteronormativity and Gender Hierarchy
Some Reflections on Recent Debates

Editorial Reviews

‘A pleasure to read.....Her effort to tease apart the constituent elements of heterosexuality as a self-identified straight feminist sociologist make for an important contribution. If you or your students are among the legions currently enraptured by postmodern language, I strongly recommend this book to help clear your mind' -Sexualities

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