Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights by Aggleton, Peter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Contents Contributors Acknowledgements and permissions 1 Introduction Part I Pioneering beginnings

2 Margaret Sanger

Sanger’s contribution and legacy From the past to the present Notes References

3 Anthropological foundations of sexuality, health and rights

Early anthropological pioneers in sexuality Transition to the later twentieth century Conclusion Note References

4 The importance of being historical

Understanding the present The great transition A conclusion References

5 Research innovation

Historical elements Methods and innovation Theory and theoretical model development Future directions References

6 The social reality of sexual rights

Symbolic interactionism, critical humanism and sexual conduct Understanding sexualities Some theses on human rights

Pragmatism and everyday life Meanings, signs and symbols Cultures as emergent complexities Interaction and others Self, others and dialogue Storytelling and narratives Political cultures and social movements The significance of emergence and history The global and the cosmopolitan

Human social life is global

Conclusion Notes References

7 Recent developments in US sexuality research

So where do we begin? Recent developments

An expanded research agenda and many more researchers Diversified research foci

Current challenges and needs

The backdrop: continuing controversy The need for training The need for policy-relevant research

Research funding Future directions

Lifecourse/quality of life Institutional analysis relevant for policy development Processes/experiences/language Sexuality in time, space and the body Movements

Conclusion Notes References

Part II Language, discourse and sexual categories

8 ‘Lesbians’, modernity and global translation

Tombois and their girlfriends Falling into the lesbi world Conclusion Notes References

9 Hidden love

Research setting Data and methods

Selection of participants Data collection

Peer group discussions In-depth interviews Conducting the research

Findings

Attitudes toward sexuality

Good behaviour Sex is wrong

Notions of the ideal relationships

Clandestine relationships Entering a ‘serious’ relationship Relationship type

Sexual activity

Proving virginity

Discussion References

10 Thai (trans)genders and (homo)sexualities in a global context

Globalisation is not homogenising world queer cultures

Contemporary Asian transgenders are not ‘traditional’ Americanisation is not the main source of global queering Global queering began before ‘globalisation’

Reading and rereading Thai queer history

Foucault: biopower in Thailand? Trumbach (via Foucault): Thailand’s gender revolution D’Emilio: capitalism and queer autonomy beyond the west

Conclusions

A queer political economy of proliferating gender and sexual difference

Notes References

11 Hijras, ‘AIDS cosmopolitanism’ and questions of izzat in Hyderabad1

Hijras and visible regimes of difference

‘Sexual’ targets of risk behaviour: geographies of innocence and blame Hijra and the ‘sexual rights’ paradigm Hijras and the moral economy of izzat

Implications/conclusions: sexual difference and the cosmopolitics of care Notes References

12 Intersexuality, biomedical regulation and sexual rights in Brazil1

Hide and seek: from ‘the search for the sex’ to the materialisation of gender Making the decision A difficult knot to untie: health, bioethics and sexual rights Some final considerations Notes References

13 Understanding sex between men in Senegal

Goor-jigeen (men-women)

Performing social roles in the women’s world New naming categories

Men becoming women Rising homophobia Conclusions Notes References

Part III Reproductive and sexual health

14 Why a history of childhood sexuality?

Masturbation phobia and the compulsive body The unthinking autoerotic child The question of agency: Moll’s sexual child Insights from the past Notes References

15 From sexology to sexual health

Origins of the field of sexology

From Germany to the USA

Sexology gains a foothold in public health A new sexual revolution and the demand for a public health response From sexology to sexual health: WAS changes its name

More recent advances

Conclusion References

16 Sexual and reproductive

References

17 Sex as ‘risk of conception’?

Sexual frames within current family planning discourse Well-intentioned roots Future directions and new sexual frames for the field Notes References

18 Teenage pregnancy

Teenage pregnancy: does it result from early sexual initiation? Teenage pregnancy: relational and social contexts Becoming a father, becoming a mother Final remarks Note References

Part IV How to have sex in an epidemic

19 Knowledge, power and HIV/AIDS

The emergence of HIV The ‘scientific response’ and its social impact Transformations in sexuality and impact on stakeholders Epilogue: how to produce knowledge at the crossroads of distinct streams of disciplinary power References

20 Safe sex

Prevention strategies Social aspects of prevention

Practice not behaviour Uses of health information

Conclusions References

21 Exporting moralities

US response to the global epidemic International responses Towards a new consensus? ‘Combination prevention’ References

22 ‘Bareback’ – definitions and identity1

Defining bareback

Lack of condom use Intentionality Awareness of risk Bareback identity

Discussion Note References

23 Sex under the influence of crystal meth

Approach Perceived sexual effects

Hot, horny and not satisfied Better sex or just longer? The multiple meanings of disinhibition Negative sexual side-effects

Discussion References

Part V The choreography of sex

24 Stripping

Note References

25 Flirting, erotic interactions and sexual choreography among urban youth

The hip-hop club The courtship of dancing Establishing and transgressing boundaries The hip-hop scene and young people’s sexuality Notes References

26 Passionate uprisings1

Backdrop to the sexual revolution Methodology Findings Discussion Some possible implications Conclusion Notes References

27 Tourism and the body

Background The seduction of tourism Constructing the marketable fantasy Conclusion: discovering the touristic body Notes References

28 Dancing with daemons

Choreographing computers Notes References

29 Sex in motion

Redenção Park, Porto Alegre, January 2008 The Astor Cinema, Salvador, April 2008 Windsor Cinema, São Paulo, May 2008 So what does all this mean? Conclusions References

Part VI The darker side of sex

30 Sexual and intimate partner violence

Introduction Prevalence

Child sexual abuse Forced first sex Rape and sexual assault Sexual violence in conflict

Trafficking Harmful practices

Causes and consequences of sexual violence

Implications for research and policy Notes References

31 The social production of men’s extramarital sexual practices

Ethnographic context Men’s marital ideals Cultural construction of risk: reputation and public sexual selves Extramarital opportunity structures Social safety and physical risk Implications for prevention Notes References

32 Innocence and scandal

Sex scandals of men in high office Anwar Ibrahim and the sodomy accusations Jacob Zuma and the rape of justice Whose strategies? Media access as power Note References

33 Engaged research on incest in Mexico

Activist research and going back home The invisibility of incest in Mexican research Impressions from the field References

34 Brutal logic1

Making women, taking wives Violence reconstituting heterosexuality Vanishing violence Manhood: brutal by definition Anxious muddlings of sex and violence Attempting to explain the muddle Stuck in the manhood = violence paradigm Socialising homophobia Conclusion Notes References

35 Beyond pseudo-homosexuality

Reigning discourses

Pseudo-homosexuality Corrective rape Transactional sex

Some lived realities Conclusion Notes References

Part VII From sexual health to sexual rights

36 Sexuality education, US federal abstinence policies and young people’s right to health information

Public health and abstinence-only and abstinence-until-marriage policies

Timing of first sex and its importance to health Sexual health, sexuality education and abstinence programmes History of abstinence education in the USA Medical accuracy of abstinence-only curricula Impact of abstinence-only policies on public health programmes Implications of abstinence-only education for sexually active youth and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth

Ethical and human rights perspectives

Young people and human rights The human right to health information Medical ethics and health information

Summary References

37 Bodies and beyond

Note References

38 Political agents or vulnerable victims?

Victims or subjects: the depoliticisation of sexual issues Concluding remarks Notes References

39 Sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Mexico

The case studies

Soldiers dismissed as a result of HIV Women who received legal abortions in Mexico City The Club Gay Amazonas in Tenosique Men and women in sociedades de convivencia (civil partnerships) in Mexico City

Identity, sexuality and rights: subject positions and subjective processes

Sexuality at the intersection of identity and rights Sexuality as irrelevant for the intersection of identity and rights

Notes References

40 From reproductive to sexual rights

Emergence of sexual rights Are sexual rights subsumed under reproductive rights or vice versa? Rights and responsibilities The International Planned Parenthood Federation and sexual rights Conclusion Notes References

41 Sexual rights for young women

Women’s and girls’ sexual rights Young women’s and girls’ sexual rights in the USA: a ‘missing discourse’ Supporting girls’ and young women’s sexual rights in developing countries: ‘rough maps’ to success Conclusion Note References

Part VIII Struggles for erotic justice

42 Reaffirming pleasures in a world of dangers1

Culture vs. political economy Secularity vs. religion Individual vs. community Identity vs. humanity Notes References

43 Law, sexual morality and subversion1

The problem Methods Findings

Evolution of sex work in Uganda The present-day context Of malayas and malaikas … Gender roles and women’s impoverishment Issues of masculinity Victims versus survivors Class differences in sex work Increased market opportunities

Conclusions Notes References

44 Being young and living with HIV

The growth of a rights perspective in defining sexual health Sexual health and the rights of people living with HIV The Brazilian response Young people living with HIV

Lived experiences Lived sexual experience

People living with HIV: sexual health and rights Notes References

45 The ‘queer’ politics of homo(sexuality) and matters of identity

Thinking sex

HIV and AIDS Returning to identity and knowledge

Postscript: returning to the personal Notes References

46 Immigration and LGBT rights in the USA

The challenges of asylum for LGBT immigrants

The problem of subjectivity in asylum decisions

Conclusion Notes References

47 ‘In the life’ in diaspora

Note References

48 Black lesbian gender and sexual culture

The study Methods

Setting Participants and procedures Analyses

Results and discussion

Constructing the dichotomous stud-femme label system

Masculine expression Feminine expression

Debate within the community about lesbian gender

Between the extremes

A radical side to lesbian gender sex roles

Conclusions Notes References

Index

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