The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Summary
Michel Foucault

The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Summary

The text, authored in French, is intended to serve as an introductory primer to a larger series of works which thoroughly treat the history of sexuality in Western cultures. Excepting its role as an introductory primer, the volume does stand alone as an interesting introduction to the topic, written in dense collegiate-level prose. As an introduction, therefore, the text focuses on limited primary tasks: refuting the notion that sexuality is repressed...

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