Sexualities in Context
A Social Perspective
January 2006
Trade Paperback · 352 Pages
$42.00 U.S. · $48.50 CAN · £27.99 U.K. · €29.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780813342931
Westview Press
Trade Paperback · 352 Pages
$42.00 U.S. · $48.50 CAN · £27.99 U.K. · €29.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780813342931
Westview Press
Recommended for These Courses
- Women's and Gender Studies: Gay Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies: Gender Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies: General
Description
Written as an intriguing and accessible textbook for courses on gender, sociology, and sexuality, author Rebecca Plante’s Sexualities in Context presents a broad overview of the socio-cultural elements of sexualities. Plante’s summary of the contexts of sex and sexual behaviors/identities is both intelligent and readable. With helpful anecdotes and examples of the social construction of sex and gender roles, students are empowered to think outside their comfort zones and encouraged to explore the topic of sex in a new context. With eminently readable language and useful pedagogical features like end-of-chapter questions, suggested projects, and suggested further readings, Sexualities in Context is the ideal textbook to help students recognize sex as not only a personal issue, but a socially-constructed issue as well.
About the Author
Rebecca F. Plante is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ithaca College. She is co-editor (with Michael S. Kimmel) of the anthology Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors,and Society, and has written on sexuality and gender for scholarly journals and the popular press. Plante has worked as an evaluator of various state-level HIV/AIDS education programs.