Sexuality and the Transformation of Culture
The Longue Durée
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2392999 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas W Laqueur (University of California, Berkeley), Thomas Laqueur (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 418-436 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexualities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363460709105708 |
| OpenAlex | W2027157074 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 9 |
In the USA today, the election of gay bishops threatens to bring about a schism in the Episcopalian Church. This article asks questions about the extraordinary importance attached to matters sexual, both historically and in the present. Laqueur's anthropological answer to this broad question is that it is connected with a long and divergent tradition of thinking about the origins of culture. Sex and death, he says, organize the work of making culture. The thematic occasion for the history presented here is the notion of 'orgasm', and Laqueur offers four or five dates which can be regarded as turning points in the long history of 'allegories of orgasm
Bishops · Human sexuality · Political science · Schism · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |