Women, Sex, and Madness: Notes from the Edge

Author:   Breanne Fahs
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138614086


Pages:   220
Publication Date:   20 August 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Breanne Fahs
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.350kg
ISBN:  

9781138614086


ISBN 10:   1138614084
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   20 August 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: mad women, precarity, and the possibilities of sex Part 1 Women explain things to me 1 Men, through women’s eyes 2 The other third shift? Women’s emotion work in their sexual relationships 3 Slippery desire: women’s qualitative accounts of their vaginal lubrication and wetness Part 2 Veering and queering 4 Killjoy’s Kastle and the hauntings of queer/lesbian feminism 5 The politics of turning rape into “nonconsensual sex” 6 Genital anxieties: using critical sexuality studies to examine women’s attitudes about the vulva and vagina Part 3 On the couch 7 Compulsory penetration? A sex therapy romp 8 Are women people? The lusty and chaotic world of sex addiction 9 Therapy without bodies, or why fleshiness matters Part 4 All riled up 10 Warning: capitalism is destroying our sex lives 11 “Freedom to” and “freedom from”: a new vision for sex-positive politics 12 Counter-erotics: sex as a form of resistance Acknowledgements Index

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Breanne Fahs is Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University, US, and a practicing Clinical Psychologist. Her previous books include: Performing Sex (2011), Valerie Solanas (2014), Out for Blood (2016), and Firebrand Feminism (2018).

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