Perilous Enlightenment: Pre- And Post-Modern Discourses Sexual, Historical

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This third volume of a three-volume set (see preceding entry) argues for a new approach to gender and sex through an understanding of the predicament of the homosexual male in the 18th century. Rousseau also explores modern historiography through three test cases, and he traces the evolution of his own thinking about sexuality and historiography from the 1960s to the present, noting the influence of feminism and the international gay movement. Distributed in the US and Canada by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)