The Transformation of Intimacy

Sexuality, Love, and Eroticism in Modern Societies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19606628
AutoresAnthony Giddens (autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Páginas212
Fecha de publicación1992-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaThe transformation of intimacy (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialStanford University Press (PUBLISHER)
OpenAlexW199067533
Open LibraryOL1752714M
ISBN9780804720908
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1.771

"The sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does 'sexuality' come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? In answering these questions, Anthony Giddens disputes many of the dominant interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture. The emergence of what the author calls plastic sexuality - sexuality freed from its intrinsic relation to reproduction - is analysed in terms of the long-term development of the modern social order and social influences of the last few decades. Giddens argues that the transformation of intimacy, in which women have played the major part, holds out the possibility of a radical democratization of the personal sphere." "This book will appeal to a large general audience as well as being essential reading for students and professionals."--Jacket

Biology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies · Psychology · 306.7 · Amour · Erotik · Familjesociologi · Hq21 .g48 1992b · Interpersonal relations · Interpersonal Relations [MESH] · Intimacy (Psychology) · Intimité · Intimité (psychologie) · Liebe · Love · Love. 0 · Relations humaines · Sex · Sex. 0 · Sexual behavior · Sexual behavior [mesh] · Sexualität · Sexualité · Sexualitet · Sexuality · Sexuality [MESH] · Sociology [mesh] · Sozialer Wandel · Vie sexuelle · Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung