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Illicit and Illegal by Joanna Phoenix & Sarah Oerton
Sex, Regulation and Social Control
This book is about the surprisingly neglected area of the regulation of sex. It describes and discusses the ways in which various sexual activities are controlled, regulated and made illegal and/or deviant and illicit. Its primary focus is upon the multiple and complex social controls (laws, statutory regulations, professional/occupational codes, normative frameworks) constructing, constituting and shaping how we 'do' sex, and deals with sex that is both illicit (deviant, illegal) and illegal (criminal, offending). The book draws upon sociological understandings of sex and is informed by wider theories of deviance and social control. Its main aims are to investigate the different sites of regulation for sexual activities across diverse contexts, and to deconstruct the political, historical, economic and ideological conditions that make particular constellations of the regulation of sex possible. The book challenges the idea that early twenty-first century Britain is increasingly sexually 'liberated' by suggesting that this very 'openness' provides the conditions in which all sexual activities have become increasingly subject to regulation and control. By examining the policies and laws about various sexually activities, and the social conditions underpinning them, alongside existing research and theoretical literature the authors have provided an accessible text on the sociology of sex. |
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| Author(s) : Joanna Phoenix & Sarah Oerton | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1843920816 | ISBN-13 : 9781843920816 |
| RRP : £48.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 01/03/2005
Publisher : Willan Publishing
Page Length : 232mm
Page Size : 234mm