Sexing The World
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Sexing The World
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Author : Anthony Corbeill
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Sexing The World written by Anthony Corbeill and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with History categories.
From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender—masculine eyes (oculi), feminine trees (arbores), neuter bodies (corpora). Sexing the World surveys the many ways in which grammatical gender enabled Latin speakers to organize aspects of their society into sexual categories, and how this identification of grammatical gender with biological sex affected Roman perceptions of Latin poetry, divine power, and the human hermaphrodite. Beginning with the ancient grammarians, Anthony Corbeill examines how these scholars used the gender of nouns to identify the sex of the object being signified, regardless of whether that object was animate or inanimate. This informed the Roman poets who, for a time, changed at whim the grammatical gender for words as seemingly lifeless as "dust" (pulvis) or "tree bark" (cortex). Corbeill then applies the idea of fluid grammatical gender to the basic tenets of Roman religion and state politics. He looks at how the ancients tended to construct Rome's earliest divinities as related male and female pairs, a tendency that waned in later periods. An analogous change characterized the dual-sexed hermaphrodite, whose sacred and political significance declined as the republican government became an autocracy. Throughout, Corbeill shows that the fluid boundaries of sex and gender became increasingly fixed into opposing and exclusive categories. Sexing the World contributes to our understanding of the power of language to shape human perception.
The World Of Sex
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Author : Henry Miller
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-06-04
The World Of Sex written by Henry Miller and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Philosophy categories.
In The World of Sex, Henry Miller, one of the most scandalous writers of the 20th century explains his literary project Henry Miller's bold, explicit novels scandalized readers and remade the literature of his day. In this uncompromising literary manifesto he argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread, money, work or play. Drawing on his own experiences and on the writing of his famously banned novels in Paris, he shows sex as a mysterious realm that must be explored if we are to be truly free.
Sex Gender
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Author : Anne Fausto-Sterling
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012
Sex Gender written by Anne Fausto-Sterling and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Psychology categories.
Anne Fausto-Sterling's Sex/Gender is the only interdisciplinary book for undergraduate courses to explain sex and gender from a biological, social, and cultural perspective.
Sex Rules
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Author : Janice Zarro Brodman
language : en
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Release Date : 2017-11-14
Sex Rules written by Janice Zarro Brodman and has been published by Mango Media Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-14 with Social Science categories.
“[Brodman] shares the results of years of research and world travel to show . . . just how wildly divergent ideas about sexuality and gender roles can be.” —Vice This book is a humorous glimpse of a wide range of stereotype-busting sexual, relationship, and romantic mores around the world. It is fun, interesting, and eye-opening! For example, places where women control the mating game, set marriage rules, and marry one another for political power. The fact that it’s all true also makes it fascinating. Take a romp through a rollicking worldwide tour with LOL views of extraordinary sexual customs. It will astound and regale you. At the same time, it proves sex is like happiness—universally sought but subjectively enjoyed. “This is the world’s weirdest and funniest reality show. But it’s more. It’s fascinating and smart, and all true.” —Richard Bangs, adventurer, author, and TV personality “It’s a scientific fact! Women have better orgasms with funny partners. Read this hilarious book and you’ll have more and better sex, happier relationships and a healthier libido!” —Joanne Sandler, former Deputy Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), senior associate of Gender@Work, co-producer of the popular podcast Two Old Bitches “Fresh, intriguing and of course titillating . . . delve into rarely seen corners of the world, enjoy a good laugh, and learn from a trained scholar as she takes you on this journey that reveals ‘Sex Rules’ in all their staggering variety.” —Ed Robbins, award-winning director-writer-producer and digital journalist
World Sex Guide
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Author : Peter Kerry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-24
World Sex Guide written by Peter Kerry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-24 with categories.
Guide to getting laid around the world. Includes an A-Z with some of the most interesting countries, places to go, pickup techniques and general concepts related to dealing with women from different cultures.
Sexing The Body
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Author : Anne Fausto-Sterling
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2008-08-04
Sexing The Body written by Anne Fausto-Sterling and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-04 with Social Science categories.
This award-winning classic examines the construction of sexual identity in biology, society, and history. Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex is shaped by the culture in which scientific knowledge is produced. Drawing on astonishing real-life cases and a probing analysis of centuries of scientific research, Fausto-Sterling demonstrates how scientists have historically politicized the body. In lively and impassioned prose, she breaks down three key dualisms -- sex/gender, nature/nurture, and real/constructed -- and asserts that individuals born as mixtures of male and female exist as one of five natural human variants and, as such, should not be forced to compromise their differences to fit a flawed societal definition of normality.
The Sex Is Out Of This World
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Author : Sherry Ginn
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-11-15
The Sex Is Out Of This World written by Sherry Ginn and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Science fiction" can be translated into "real unreality." More than a genre like fantasy, which creates entirely new realms of possibility, science fiction constructs its possibilities from what is real, from what is, indeed, possible, or conceivably so. This collection, then, looks to understand and explore the "unreal reality," to note ways in which our culture's continually changing and evolving mores of sex and sexuality are reflected in, dissected by, and deconstructed through the genre of science fiction. This book is a collection of new essays, with the general objective of filling a gap in the literature about sex and science fiction (although some work has gone before, none of it is recent). The essays herein explore the myriad ways in which authors--regardless of format (print, film, television, etc.)--envision very different beings expressing this most fundamental of human behaviors.
The World Where Sex Was Born
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Author : Peter Kanto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The World Where Sex Was Born written by Peter Kanto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
Sexing The Caribbean
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Author : Kamala Kempadoo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-12-01
Sexing The Caribbean written by Kamala Kempadoo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-01 with Social Science categories.
This unprecedented work provides both the history of sex work in this region as well as an examination of current-day sex tourism. Based on interviews with sex workers, brothel owners, local residents and tourists, Kamala Kempadoo offers a vivid account of what life is like in the world of sex tourism as well as its entrenched roots in colonialism and slavery in the Caribbean.
The Sex Is Out Of This World
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Author : Sherry Ginn
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-11-08
The Sex Is Out Of This World written by Sherry Ginn and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Science fiction" can be translated into "real unreality." More than a genre like fantasy, which creates entirely new realms of possibility, science fiction constructs its possibilities from what is real, from what is, indeed, possible, or conceivably so. This collection, then, looks to understand and explore the "unreal reality," to note ways in which our culture's continually changing and evolving mores of sex and sexuality are reflected in, dissected by, and deconstructed through the genre of science fiction. This book is a collection of new essays, with the general objective of filling a gap in the literature about sex and science fiction (although some work has gone before, none of it is recent). The essays herein explore the myriad ways in which authors--regardless of format (print, film, television, etc.)--envision very different beings expressing this most fundamental of human behaviors.