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Sex in Public: The Transformative Social Power of Our Erotic Lives

byAngela Jones

Sociologist Angela Jones examines sexuality as a public force shaped by law, race, gender, class, disability, labor, technology, and urban space. She challenges the idea that erotic life belongs only to private relationships, showing how public policy and social institutions regulate whose desires are recognized, protected, or punished. The book considers activism, community, pleasure, and representation as sources of collective transformation. Jones argues that more open and inclusive conversations about sex can expose entrenched inequalities and help people imagine forms of public life organized around consent, autonomy, care, and freedom.

Publisher

Seal Press

Publication date

2026-06-16

Format

Hardcover

Pages

304

ISBN

9781541605435