Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights, (Paperback)

<p>Thoroughly updated with over 30 newly written chapters, this edition of the <em>Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights</em> brings together academics and practitioners from around the world to provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of the field.</p><p>Social researchers and their allies have worked hard in past decades to find new ways of understanding sexuality in a rapidly changing world. Growing attention is now given to the way sexuality intersects with other structures such as gender, age, ethnicity/race and disability, and increasing value is seen in a positive approach focused on ethics, pleasure, mutuality and reciprocity. This Handbook explores: </p><ul> <li>theory, politics and early development of sexuality studies</li> <li>ways in which language, discourse and identification have become central to research on sex, sexuality and gender</li> <li>key issues across the broad media and digital ecology, demonstrating the centrality of representation, communication and digital technologies to sexual and gender practices</li> <li>research focusing on the body and its sexual pleasures</li> <li>work on forms of inequality, violence and abuse that are linked to sex, gender and sexuality</li> </ul><p>The Handbook is an essential reference for researchers and educators working in the fields of sexuality studies, gender studies, sexual health and human rights, and offers key reading for mid-level and advanced students.</p>

• Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights, (Paperback)
• Author: Peter Aggleton
• ISBN: 9781032599359
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-07-20
• Page Count: 514