Revisions: Gender and Sexuality in Late ModernityThis volume brings together recent sociology of late modernity, particularly sociologies of reflexivity, aesthetics and detraditionalization, with a consideration of transformations of identity, especially transformations of gender and sexual identities. It does so in relation to questions of cultural economy; debates over the role and place of reflexivity in the social sciences; recent controversies over the significance of commodity aesthetics in regard to questions of identity; and debates on the significance of risk for the organization of contemporary sexualities. In so doing it puts forward a distinctive thesis, namely that within late modernity gender and sexuality are being reworked in terms of categories of reflexivity and risk. It shows that this reworking places increasing significance on issues of mobility and identity in late modernity. It therefore outlines the politics of mobility in regard to identity, suggesting that mobility is an important but often neglected source of power in late modernity. |
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Since 1987 over 9 million HIV tests have been conducted ( Lupton et al . 1995a ) with 700,000 tests performed in 1997 ( Lamont 1998 ) . In the state of Victoria alone in 1987 50,000 tests were performed and by 1993 the total had more ...
Since 1987 over 9 million HIV tests have been conducted ( Lupton et al . 1995a ) with 700,000 tests performed in 1997 ( Lamont 1998 ) . In the state of Victoria alone in 1987 50,000 tests were performed and by 1993 the total had more ...
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For a number of those interviewed by Lupton et al . HIV testing represented ' a sign of responsibility because it represented maturity and a concern for one's health ' ( 1995a : 177 ) . For instance , ' both sexes commonly used words ...
For a number of those interviewed by Lupton et al . HIV testing represented ' a sign of responsibility because it represented maturity and a concern for one's health ' ( 1995a : 177 ) . For instance , ' both sexes commonly used words ...
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In addition , Lupton et al.'s respondents reported that , for them , testing made them feel ' better ' , ' confident ' , ' safe ' , ' less anxious ' , ' sure ' , giving them a ' sense of reassurance ' . One respondent commented on the ...
In addition , Lupton et al.'s respondents reported that , for them , testing made them feel ' better ' , ' confident ' , ' safe ' , ' less anxious ' , ' sure ' , giving them a ' sense of reassurance ' . One respondent commented on the ...
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Contents
new sociological directions and feminist sociological controversies | 13 |
reflexivity and mobility in social theory | 30 |
gender embodiment and reflexivity | 42 |
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| Title | Revisions: Gender and Sexuality in Late Modernity |
| Author | Lisa Adkins |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Open University Press, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Nov 2008 |
| ISBN | 0335205232, 9780335205233 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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