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GENDER AND SEXUALITY21st Century Jocks: Sporting Men andContemporary HeterosexualityEric Anderson, University of Winchester, UK"Drawing from a decade of research into young maleathletes' heterosexuality, Professor Eric Andersonanalyzes the dramatic shift in how today's jocksperform masculinity and heterosexuality comparedto those of just a decade ago. Showing that theyreject much of the hyper-masculine posturing of theirathletic forefathers, in both the United States andUnited Kingdom, Anderson shows that jocks todaycelebrate their gay teammates and revel in theirexpanded notions of sexuality. They are having more,and more diverse, sexual encounters, and in what willshock many men over 30, this includes a great deal ofphysical intimacy with other men. Anderson showsthat high school and university straight male jocks arekissing, cuddling and loving other jocks. 21st Century Jocks is therefore a mustread have for anyone interested in sport, masculinity, or heterosexuality." -George Cunningham, Director of the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport, TexasA&M University, USADrawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay maleathletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book exploreshow jocks have redefined heterosexuality, and no longer fear being thought gay forbehaviors that constrained men of the previous generation.Contents: Introduction * PART I: 20TH CENTURY JOCKS * 1. Birth of the Jock * 2. Homohysteria* PART II: 21ST CENTURY JOCKS AND INCLUSIVITY * 3. Including Gay Teammates * 4. ChangingHomophobic Language * 5. Recognizing Bisexuality * PART III: 21ST CENTURY JOCKS ANDINTIMACY * 6. Loving other Men * 7. Kissing other Men * 8. Freaking other Men * 9. Cuddling andSpooning other Men * PART IV: 21ST CENTURY JOCKS AND SEX * 10. Cheating on Girlfriends *11. Sex with other Men * ConclusionsMay 2014 UKMay 2014 US256 pp 1 b/w photoHardback £65.00 / $105.00 / CN$115.00 9781137379634Canadian Rightsebooks availableQueer BDSM IntimaciesCritical Consent and Pushing BoundariesRobin Bauer, University of Hamburg, GermanyBased on an extensive interview study with lesbian,transgender and queer BDSM practitioners, this booksheds new light on sexuality and current theoreticaldebates in gender and queer studies. It criticallydiscusses practices of establishing consent, pushingboundaries, playing with gender and creating new kindsof intimacies and embodiments.Contents: 1. Introduction * 2. The Culture of Dyke+Queer BDSM* 3. Renegotiating Dyke+Queer BDSM * 4. Negotiating CriticalConsent * 5. Exploring Exuberant Intimacies * 6. Exploring andPushing Boundaries * 7. Exploring Intimate Power Dynamics * 8.Exploring Intimate Difference Through Gender * 9. The SexualPolitics of Exuberant Intimacy * ConclusionAugust 2014 UKAugust 2014 US320 ppHardback £65.00 / $105.00 / CN$115.00 9781137435019Canadian Rightsebooks availableThe Moral Panics of SexualityEdited by Breanne Fahs, Arizona State University, USA,Mary L. Dudy, Arizona State University, USA, SarahStage, Arizona State University, USA"With the blended ink of scholarly brilliance, activistwisdom, and biting humor, the writers in this volumeaccomplish a remarkable doubled analytic: they carrytheir critical lens under the covers of the moral panicsof sexuality, targeting the erectile dysfunction of theRight wing and the conservative agenda more broadly,daring to theorize strategic diversionary motives andtrace the multiple ideological tremors the morningafter. At the same time, however, they refuse toneglect and attend intimately to the embodied crisesof and sustained violence against women, queer, ofcolor, marginalized, and figured/disfigured bodies,tossed to the political side of the road like a used condom." - Michelle Fine,Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Women's Studies and Urban Education,The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USAA provocative feminist analysis of the moral panics of sexuality, thisinterdisciplinary edited collection showcases the range of historical andcontemporary crises we too often suppress, including vagina dentata, vampires,cannibalism, age appropriateness, breast cancer, menstrual panics, and sexeducation.Contents: PART I: FEMALE DESIRE * PART II: CREATING NORMS * PART III: COLONIAL EROTICS* PART IV: TACTICAL PANICS * PART V: CRITICAL PANICSSeptember 2013 UKSeptember 2013 US280 pp 15 figuresHardback £55.00 / $85.00 / CN$132.00 9781137353160Canadian Rightsebooks availableAgainst Violence Against WomenThe Case for Gender as a Protected ClassRona M. Fields, Howard University, USA"No better advocate could be found for women whosuffer violence than Rona M. Fields. All her life shehas worked with people who are victims of the manyconflicts in the world, from Northern Ireland tothe Middle East and beyond. As a woman professorand as one who lives a life of great independence,she has personal experience of the slights andall-too-frequent violence suffered by women. Herbook is most eloquent." - Raymond G. Helmick, S.J.,Instructor in Conflict Resolution, Department ofTheology, Boston College, USAResponding to the targeted destruction of women,Fields argues for establishing Gender as a protected classunder the Genocide Convention. Cases are explored, historically, anthropologically,psychologically and sociologically, from the author's field research, as well asfocuses on morbidity, mortality and demographic documentation data.Contents: 1. Introduction to the Concept of Gender Genocide * 2. The Case of Afghanistan *3. The Bedouin * 4. East Africa * 5. Darfur * 6. West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast,Cameroon * 7. China as a Case Study * 8. India * 9. Questionable Cases in Europe Historically andRecentlyJuly 2014 UKJuly 2014 US236 ppPaperback £21.00 / $34.00 / CN$39.00 9781137439178Canadian RightsClick on the regional link to view more product information or to buy.33