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The Cambridge World History of Sexualities

The Cambridge World History of Sexualities

The Cambridge World History of Sexualities

Volume 1: General Overviews
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks , University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Mathew Kuefler , San Diego State University
May 2024
1. General Overviews
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    Volume I offers historiographical surveys and general overviews of central topics in the history of world sexualities. Split across twenty-two chapters, this volume places the history of sexuality in dialogue with anthropology, women's history, LGBTQ+ history, queer theory, and public history, as well as examining the impact Freud and Foucault have had on the history of sexuality. The volume continues by providing overviews on the sexual body, family and marriage, the intersections of sexuality with race and class, male and female homoerotic relations, trans and gender variant sexuality, the sale of sex, sexual violence, sexual science, sexuality and emotion, erotic art and literature, and the material culture of sexuality.

    • Provides critical analysis of the historiography of world sexualities
    • Offers a global, transdisciplinary introduction to the history of sexualities
    • Focuses on central topics to introduce readers to the global history of sexualities

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    Table of Contents

    • Editors' preface to the series Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Mathew Kuefler
    • 1. Historiography of the history of sexuality Mathew Kuefler
    • 2. The history of sexuality and anthropology Joan Vendrell Ferré
    • 3. The history of sexuality and women's history Judith Allen
    • 4. The history of sexuality and LGBTQ+ history Emily Skidmore
    • 5. The impact of Sigmund Freud on the history of sexuality Alison Downham Moore
    • 6. Michel Foucault's influence on the history of sexuality Michael C. Behrent
    • 7. Queer theory and the history of sexuality Riikka Taavetti
    • 8. The sexual body in history Kim M. Phillips
    • 9. Marriage and families in the history of sexuality Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
    • 10. Class in the history of sexuality Helen Smith, with Mathew Kuefler and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
    • 11. Sexuality and race: representations, regulations, and sentiments Jennifer Anne Boittin
    • 12. Male homoerotic relations in history Dominic Janes
    • 13. Desire, love, and sex between women in global history Leila Rupp
    • 14. Trans and gender variant sexualities in history Jen Manion
    • 15. The sale of sex in history Magaly Rodríguez García
    • 16. Sexual violence in history Lisa Featherstone
    • 17. Sexual science in history Sean Quinlan
    • 18. Sexuality and emotion Katie Barclay
    • 19. Erotic art in world history Y. Yvon Wang
    • 20. Erotic literature in history James Grantham Turner
    • 21. The material culture of the history of sexuality Chris Brickell
    • 22. Public history and sexuality Melinda Marie Jetté.
      Contributors
    • Mathew Kuefler, Joan Vendrell Ferré, Judith Allen, Emily Skidmore, Alison Downham Moore, Michael C. Behrent, Riikka Taavetti, Kim M. Phillips, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Helen Smith, Jennifer Anne Boittin, Dominic Janes, Leila Rupp, Jen Manion, Magaly Rodríguez García, Lisa Featherstone, Sean Quinlan, Katie Barclay, Y. Yvon Wang, James Grantham Turner, Chris Brickell, Melinda Marie Jetté

    • Editors
    • Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks , University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

      Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She acted as General Editor for the seven-volume Cambridge World History published in 2015. Other notable works include A Concise History of the World, Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe, and Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World.

    • Mathew Kuefler , San Diego State University

      Mathew Kuefler is Professor of History Emeritus at San Diego State University. He is a broadly trained Medievalist who specializes in gender and sexuality and in LGBTQ+ history. From 2004 to 2014, he was the editor of the Journal of the History of Sexuality. Notable works include The Manly Eunuch, The Making and Unmaking of a Saint, and The History of Sexuality Sourcebook.