Review Essay From Instincts to Politics: Writing the History of Sexuality in the U.S.

Lisa Duggan

doi:10.1080/00224499009551544

Review Essay From Instincts to Politics: Writing the History of Sexuality in the U.S.

Lisa Duggan

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Abstract

This review essay traces the impact of feminism on the development of a new approach to the history of sexuality over the past decade. Recent scholarship is surveyed to show how the reconceptualization of gender and sexual relations as social constructions, involving power and politics rather than simply “natural” biological factors, has shaped the questions and methods of historians.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	95-109
Number of pages	15
Journal	The Journal of Sex Research
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499009551544
State	Published - Feb 1 1990

Keywords

History of sexuality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
General Psychology
History and Philosophy of Science

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