The Cambridge World History of Sexualities: Volume 2, Systems of Thought and Belief

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She acted as General Editor for the seven-volume Cambridge World History published in 2015. Other notable works include A Concise History of the World, Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe, and Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World. Mathew Kuefler is Professor of History Emeritus at San Diego State University. He is a broadly trained Medievalist who specializes in gender and sexuality and in LGBTQ+ history. From 2004 to 2014, he was the editor of the Journal of the History of Sexuality. Notable works include The Manly Eunuch, The Making and Unmaking of a Saint, and The History of Sexuality Sourcebook.

Editors' preface to the series Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Mathew Kuefler; 1. Human sexuality: the evolutionary legacy of mating, parenting, and family formation Ryan Schacht and Karen Kramer; 2. Sexuality in ancient Egypt: pleasures, desires, norms, and representations Uroš Matić; 3. Sexuality in the systems of thought and belief of the ancient near East Ilan Peled; 4. Sexuality in traditional South Asian systems of thought and belief Tara Sheemar Malhan and Jaya Tyagi; 5. Discourses of desire in ancient Greece and Rome Allison Glazebrook; 6. Writing a history of sexuality for premodern China Hsaio-wen Cheng; 7. Sexuality in traditional systems of thought and belief in premodern Japan Hitomi Tonomura; 8. African traditions of sexualities Yaari Felber-Seligman; 9. Sexuality in traditional systems of thought and belief of the Americas Rosemary A. Joyce; 10. Oceanic sexualities: persistence, change, resistance Margaret Jolly; 11. Sexuality in Buddhist traditions Kali Nyima Cape; 12. Sexuality in Jewish traditions Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert; 13. Sexuality in Christian traditions Adrian Thatcher; 14. Sexuality in Islamic traditions Serena Tolino; 15. Scientific sex in the modern world Howard Chiang; 16. Sexuality in socialism and Marxism Jill Massino; 17. Feminism and modern sexuality Victoria Hesford; 18. Postcolonialism and sexuality Anne Hardgrove.