Straight Sex: Rethinking the Politics of Pleasure

Notes

Examines an array of issues, including sex as a subversive activity, the “liberated orgasm,” sex advice literature, gender uncertainties, queer politics, anti-pornography campaigns and the rise of the moral right.

Artist / Author	Lynne Segal
Publisher	Verso Books
ISBN	9781781687567
Reference	P3635
Date	2014
Type	Publication

Keywords

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