The last two decades have witnessed an explosion of research on sexuality as the
social sciences have worked to find new ways of understanding a rapidly changing
world. Growing concern for issues such as population, women’s and men’s reproductive health, and the HIV and AIDS pandemic, has since provided new legitimacy
for work on sexuality, health and rights.
A detailed and up-to-date reference work, the Routledge Handbook of Sexuality,
Health and Rights provides an authoritative overview of the main issues in the field
today. Leading academics and practitioners are brought together to reflect on past,
present and future approaches to understanding and promoting sexual health and
rights. Divided into eight parts, it covers:
• pioneering beginnings;
• language, discourse and sexual categories;
• the reproductive imperative and sexual health;
• how to have sex in an epidemic;
• the choreography of sex;
• the darker side of sex;
• the move from sexual health to sexual rights;
• struggles for erotic justice.
This handbook surveys the state of the discipline and offers an examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and cutting-edge areas. It is an essential reference for academics and researchers in the fields of sexuality studies, s