Chapter: ''Sex and History': Talking Sex with Objects from the Past' from book: The Palgrave Handbook of Sexuality Education

• Main Author: Jen Grove (auth)
• Other Authors: Rebecca Langlands (auth), Kate Fisher (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; sex education; gender; media; young people
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This chapter describes the 'Sex and History' project which uses objects from the past as the basis for discussions with young people about sexuality, as part of sexuality education. The chapter outlines key aspects of a methodology in which historical and cultural distance, coupled with st...