Sex and Pleasure in Western CultureISBN: 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