Sex, Death and Punishment

Sex, Death and Punishment
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X001740526
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Book Synopsis Sex, Death and Punishment by : Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines

Download or read book Sex, Death and Punishment written by Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1990 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author examines attitudes to sexuality in Britain with a special emphasis on the prudery, fear and hatred of deviance that underly those attitudes. He describes the self-hatred that often leads to persecution of homosexuals and sufferers of venereal disease, including AIDS.


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