In this Book
- A Global History of Sexual Science, 1880–1960
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: California World History Library
summary
Starting in the late nineteenth century, scholars and activists all over the world suddenly began to insist that understandings of sex be based on science. As Japanese and Indian sexologists influenced their German, British, and American counterparts and vice versa, sexuality, modernity, and imaginings of exotified “Others” became intimately linked. The first anthology to provide a worldwide perspective on the birth and development of the field, A Global History of Sexual Science contends that actors outside of Europe—in Asia, Latin America, and Africa—became important interlocutors in debates on prostitution, birth control, and transvestism. Ideas circulated through intellectual exchange, travel, and internationally produced and disseminated publications. Twenty scholars tackle specific issues, including the female orgasm and the criminalization of male homosexuality, to demonstrate how concepts and ideas introduced by sexual scientists gained currency throughout the modern world.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- Part One - Evolution, Sexual Science, and the Anthropology of the Other
- Part Two - Science by the Book and Unruly Appropriations
- Part Three - Mobility, Travel, Exile, and the Circuits of Sexological Knowledge
- 16 • Magnus Hirschfeld’s Onnagata
- pp. 374-397
- List of Contributors
- pp. 451-456
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520966673
Related ISBN(s)
9780520293373, 9780520293397
MARC Record
OCLC
981948538
Pages
496
Launched on MUSE
2018-11-16
Language
English
Open Access
No