Books like Unlimited intimacy by Tim Dean

Explores the history of sexuality through the lens of enslaved individuals, European immigrants, and urban middle-class Americans, shedding light on race, gender, class inequality, and the complex nature of sexuality in American history from the 19th to the 20th century.

A candid memoir of growing up gay in pre-Stonewall America, exploring the struggle to 'cure' oneself through psychotherapy.

Straight women receive candid dating and relationship advice from a gay male perspective, covering mate selection, social customs, and everyday conduct in love and friendship.

"The sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does 'sexuality' come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? In answering these questions, Anthony Giddens disputes many of the dominant interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture. The emergence of what the author calls plastic sexuality - sexuality freed from its intrinsic relation to reproduction - is analysed in terms of the long-term development of the modern social order and social influences of the last few decades. Giddens argues that the transformation of intimacy, in which women have played the major part, holds out the possibility of a radical democratization of the personal sphere." "This book will appeal to a large general audience as well as being essential reading for students and professionals."--Jacket.