Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-257) and index.
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A different world -- Cultures of restraint -- The great transition 1 : democratization and autonomy -- The great transition 2 : regulation, risk and resistance -- Chaotic pleasures : diversity and the new individualism -- The contradictions of contemporary sexuality -- Moments of intimacy : norms, values and everyday commitments -- Sexual wrongs and sexual rights : globalization and the search for justice.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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'The World We Have Won' is a major study of transformations in erotic and intimate life since 1945. It addresses the changes that have transformed our ways of being, from welfarism to the pill, women's and gay liberation, from globalisation, consumerism and individualisation to new forms of intimacy.
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International Standard Book Number
0415422000
International Standard Book Number
0415422019
International Standard Book Number
9780415422000
International Standard Book Number
9780415422017
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sex and law-- History.
Sex-- History-- 20th century.
Sex-- History-- 21st century.
Sexual ethics-- History.
Sexual orientation-- History.
Social change-- Moral and ethical aspects.
Social history-- 1945-
changement (sociologie)-- morale sexuelle-- 1945-- 21e s. (début).
changement (sociologie)-- sexualité-- 1945-- 21e s. (début).