Regulating Sex: The Politics of Intimacy and IdentityElizabeth Bernstein, Laurie Schaffner Routledge, 2005 M01 5 - 344 pages Regulating Sex is an anthology that presents debates over the role of the state in constructing and controlling erotic practice, intimacy, and identity. The purpose of this edited volume is to address sexual dilemmas in law and the state in substantive areas such as same-sex domestic partnerships, sexual economies, and childhood sexuality via a series of spirited dialogues between socio-legal scholars from diverse disciplinary, national, and political perspectives. |
Contents
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The Regulation of Sexual Commerce | 51 |
Questioning the Desire to Help and Save | 67 |
Heterosexual Sex Tourism to the Caribbean | 83 |
Desire Demand and the Commerce of Sex | 101 |
How Child Prostitution | 167 |
Capacity Consent and the Construction of Adulthood | 189 |
Exploring | 209 |
From Outsider to Citizen | 225 |
Sex and Freedom | 247 |
References | 271 |
About the Contributors | 301 |
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