| Love, Heterosexuality and Society Contributor(s): Johnson, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 041536485X ISBN-13: 9780415364850 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2005 Annotation: "Love, Heterosexuality and Society" forges a new agenda for the study of heterosexuality, presenting an empirical study of the construction, negotiation, and enactment of heterosexual sexuality. Using in-depth, interview data from a sample composed of men and women of disparate ages, the book investigates how heterosexuality, as both an identity and a set of practices, is accomplished through love relationships. Rather than assuming that romantic love is an outcome or expression of a pre-defined sexuality, Johnson explores how sexuality is brought to life through love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.764 |
| LCCN: 2004025556 |
| Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.32" W x 9.48" (0.87 lbs) 157 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Heterosexuality is a largely 'silent' set of practices and identities - it is assumed to be everywhere and yet often remains unnamed and unexplored. Despite recent changes in the theoretical understanding and representation of sexuality, heterosexuality continues to be socially normative. Forging a new agenda for the study of heterosexuality, this in-depth volume, the first research monograph to focus on heterosexuality and society, presents an empirical study of the construction, negotiation and enactment of heterosexual sexuality. Using detailed interview data, it investigates how heterosexuality, as both an identity and a set of practices, is accomplished through love relationships. Rather than assuming that romantic love is an outcome or expression of a pre-defined sexuality, Johnson explores how sexuality is brought to life through love. Situated in the ongoing theoretical debates concerning the relationship between gender and sexuality, Paul Johnson's book shows how ways of loving are interwoven with the construction, practice, regulation and government of heterosexuality. Excellently written, this important book also looks at gender in society, and explores such areas as heterosexual subjectivities and the borders of desire. As such, the research it contains will be valuable for all students of sociology and gender studies. |