{"product_id":"asexualities-feminist-and-queer-perspectives-routledge-research-in-gender-and-society","title":"Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (Routledge Research in Gender and Society) (Hardcover, 396 pages) – Routledge, 2014. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eWhat is so radical about not having sex? To answer this question, this collection of essays explores the feminist and queer politics of asexuality. Asexuality is predominantly understood as an orientation describing people who do not experience sexual attraction. In this multidisciplinary volume, the authors expand this definition of asexuality to account for the complexities of gender, race, disability, and medical discourse. Together, these essays challenge the ways in which we imagine gender and sexuality in relation to desire and sexual practice. Asexualities provides a critical reevaluation of even the most radical queer theorizations of sexuality. Going beyond a call for acceptance of asexuality as a legitimate and valid sexual orientation, the authors offer a critical examination of many of the most fundamental ways in which we categorize and index sexualities, desires, bodies, and practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the first book-length collection of critical essays ever produced on the topic of asexuality, this book serves as a foundational text in a growing field of study. It also aims to reshape the directions of feminist and queer studies, and to radically alter popular conceptions of sex and desire. Including units addressing theories of asexual orientation; the politics of asexuality; asexuality in media culture; masculinity and asexuality; health, disability, and medicalization; and asexual literary theory, Asexualities will be of interest to scholars and students in sexuality, gender, sociology, cultural studies, disability studies, and media culture.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   Review   \u003cp\u003e\"Richly theorised and well argued, the book is an important contribution to this emerging and significant field of study.\"― Andy Carolin, University of South Africa, Gender Questions\u003c\/p\u003e           About the Author   \u003cp\u003eKarli June Cerankowski is a Ph.D. candidate in the Program in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan Milks is currently a visiting assistant professor of English at Illinois College. \u003c\/p\u003e                                           ","brand":"Karli June Cerankowski, Megan Milks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069041791210,"sku":"9780415714426","price":29.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61hK5mkyMhL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781198349","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/asexualities-feminist-and-queer-perspectives-routledge-research-in-gender-and-society","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}