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Sex and Pleasure in Western Culture

ISBN: 978-0-7456-1671-1
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224 pages
July 2004, Polity
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Introduction.

Prologue: The sexual landscape of the new millennium.

Chapter 1: Sex Pleasure And Self- Control In Classical Antiquity.

Chapter 2: Sinful Sex: Early Christianity And The Problem Of Desire.

Chapter 3: Guilty Sex, Courtly Love And The Unruly Body: Medieval Themes And Practices.

Chapter 4: Sex, The Body And Desire In The Pre-Modern Period.

Chapter Five: Pleasure And Desire In The Age Of Modernity.

Chapter 6: Obligatory Pleasures And Undisciplined Desires: The Sexual Century Reviewed.

Epilogue: Themes And Reflections.

References and Bibliography.

Index

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