The Cambridge World History of Sexualities: Volume 4, Modern Sexualities

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. Sexuality and capitalism Adriana Zaharijević; 2. Colonialism and modern sexuality Penny Russell; 3. Gender, migration, and sexuality in history Kalpana Hiralal; 4. 'Pornography', 'obscenity', and the suppression of libertine literature James Grantham Turner; 5. Sexuality and the print media in the modern world Gretchen Soderlund; 6. Eugenics, public health, and modern sexuality Mirela David; 7. Sexuality and consumerism in the modern world: the business of pleasure Erika Rappaport and Julie Johnson; 8. Sex education in the modern world Cris Mayo and Lauren Bialystok; 9. Birth control and reproductive rights in the modern world Darshi Thoradeniya; 10. The impact of the world wars on modern sexuality Cornelie Usborne and Lee Arnott; 11. Sexuality and dictatorships of the twentieth century Cristina Scheibe Wolff; 12. Sexuality in postwar liberal democracies Barbara Brookes; 13. The sexual revolution Dagmar Herzog and Yanara Schmacks; 14. Sex tourism: fluid borders of meaning Amalia L. Cabezas; 15. STDs and aids in the modern world Mandisa Mbali; 16. Sex trafficking in the modern world Anamaria Marcon Venson and Joana Maria Pedro; 17. Sex, law, and domestic violence against women in the modern world Conceiçäo Gomes; 18. Sexuality under attack now Andrea Pető.