Christine Emba
Auteur de Rethinking Sex: A Provocation
Œuvres de Christine Emba
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I wanted this book to be so much more than it was, and at the same time, I can't quite articulate what I wanted from it. I suppose I am positively disposed to the premise that a society that demands everyone embrace casual sex is just as stifling as a society that demands everyone embrace immediate marriage and monogamy, but this book offers very few prescriptions on how to get to a society that truly enables self-determination. (And, given the particular positioning of this young black ex-evangelical-turned-Catholic in the identity wars, I'm not even sure she'd agree with my urge to embrace both poles of sexual engagement.)
I expect this book would be most useful to the folks who are least likely to give it a fair shake. Perhaps it will find its highest purpose within a course reader for undergraduate sexuality and gender studies classes.… (plus d'informations)