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Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide. The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to conceptual art and cosmology. Very Short Introductions available now: AFRICAN HISTORY CHAOS Leonard Smith John Parker and Richard Rathbone CHOICE THEORY Michael Allingham AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson AND ELECTIONS L. Sandy Maisel CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY CLASSICS Charles O. 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Hanhimäki HISTORY OF MEDICINE THE VIETNAM WAR William Bynum Mark Atwood Lawrence MEMORY Jonathan Foster For more information visit our websites www.oup.com/uk/vsi www.oup.com/us Véronique Mottier Sexuality A Very Short Introduction 1 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offi ces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York Véronique Mottier 2008 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Mottier, Véronique. Sexuality: a very short introduction / Véronique Mottier. p. cm. – (Very short introductions) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-929802-0 1. Sex. 2. Sex–History. 3. Women and erotica. 4. Sex–Political aspects. I. Title. HQ12.M68 2008 306. 709–dc22 2008000937 ISBN 978-0-19-929802-0 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Typeset by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India Printed in Great Britain by Ashford Colour Press Ltd, Gosport, Hampshire Contents Acknowledgements ix List of illustrations xi Introduction 1 1 Before sexuality 3 2 The invention of sexuality 25 3 Virgins or whores? Feminist critiques of sexuality 49 4 The state in the bedroom 75 5 The future of sex 99 References and further reading 128 Index 143 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgements Parts of this book were fi rst developed in conjunction with my lecture series on ‘Sexuality and Social Exclusion’, ‘Sexuality and the Dynamics of Intimacy’, and ‘Gender, Sexualities and the State’ at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and the Centre for Gender Studies of the University of Cambridge between 1999 and 2008. Many thanks to students and other audiences for their probing questions and feedback. The book also draws upon some of my previous research, which was fi nancially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grants 61-66003.01 and 3346-61710.00). I thank Jesus College, Cambridge, and the Institute of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Lausanne, for institutional support. I am deeply grateful for helpful comments and suggestions from Max Bergman, Lucy Bland, Terrell Carver, Clare Chambers, Jackie Clackson, John Cornwell, Christine Delphy, Rebecca Flemming, Peter Garnsey, Natalia Gerodetti, Anthony Giddens, Simon Goldhill, Geoff Harcourt, Wendy Harcourt, Tim Jenkins, Gerry Kearns, Duncan Kelly, Philippa Levine, Juliet Mitchell, Helen Morales, Martine Moret, Ilja Mottier, Yannis Papadaniel, Patricia Roux, Rupert Russell, Janet Soskice, Bernard Voutat, and Hans Wijngaards. I am also grateful to James Thompson, Andrea Keegan, and Marsha Filion from Oxford University
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