This volume II of the series ‘A Cultural History of Sexuality’ presents an overview of sexuality in the Middle Ages with essays on heterosexuality, homosexuality, sexual variations, religious and legal issues, health concerns, popular beliefs about sexuality, prostitution and erotica.
This volume I of the series ‘A Cultural History of Sexuality’ presents an overview - from 800 BCE to 350 CE, focusing on the cultures of the Mediterranean - with essays on heterosexuality, homosexuality, sexual variations, religious and legal issues, health concerns, popular beliefs about sexuality, prostitution and erotica.
Roodsaz investigates how sexuality is constructed among Iranian Dutch and how this relates to their collective identity. The ideas, convictions and dialogues of Iranian Dutch regarding the issues of homosexuality, virginity and non-marital cohabitation is analyzed using the qualitative methods of in-depth interviewing, participant observation, text analyses and focus group discussions.