Gender and Sexualities: An Inquiry

Chapter 3—Introduction: A History of Sexuality? References : Foucault, Michel. History of Sexuality, Volume 1, An Introduction . New York: Vintage Books Edition, 1990. Freedman, Estelle B. and John D’Emilio. Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America . Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1998. Key Words and Phrases : sexual histories, prejudice and social justice, quantitative surveys and sexual studies, incommensurability, early America, social construction theories, essentialist thinking, historiography, production of subjectivity, Atlantic world, everyday lives, popular narratives of sexuality.