This theory-building book explores some of the areas in which there is major and continuing debate in the field of sexuality. With contributions from leading and new scholars and activists from across the globe, this book highlights tensions or 'flash-points' in contemporary debate, and offers some innovative ways forward in terms of thinking about sexuality.

Chapter 1. Sexuality Encore Henrietta L. Moore Global Transformations and Sexual Subjectivities Chapter 2. Normalised Transgressions: Consumption, the Market, and Sexuality in Mexico Rodrigo Parrini and Ana Amuchástegui Chapter 3. "'The Personal is Political and the Political is Personal': Sexuality, Politics and Social Movements in Modern Iran" Pardis Mahdavi Chapter 4. The Paradox of Pluralisation: Masculinities, Androgyny and Male Anxiety in Contemporary China Derek Hird Chapter 5. Rights Amidst Wrongs: The Paradoxes of Gender Rights-Based Approaches Towards Aids in South Africa Mark Hunter Chapter 6. The Ambivalent Sexual Subject: HIV Prevention and Male-to-Male Intimacy in India Paul Boyce Sexualities in Practice Chapter 7. 'No One Saw Us': Reputation as an Axis of Sexual Identity Jennifer S. Hirsch, Holly Wardlow, and Harriet Phinney Chapter 8. Beyond Resistance: Gay and Lala Recreation in Beijing William F. Schroeder Chapter 9. The Limits of 'Lesbian': Nomenclature and Normativity in Feminist Approaches to Sexuality, Gender and Development Carolyn H. Williams Chapter 10. Disability, Sexuality and Sexual Health Poul Rohleder and Leslie Swartz Chapter 11. Bodies and their Signs: Acknowledging and Interpreting Erotic Responses Anne-Lise Middelthon and Vincent Colapietro Sexualities in Theory, Policy and Programmatic Contexts Chapter 12 . Some Notes On New Frontiers of Sexuality and Globalisation Tom Boellstorff Chapter 13. Transnationalism in Sexuality Studies: an 'Africanist' Perspective Marc Epprecht Chapter 14. The Right to Say No. Gender Empowerment in U.S. Global HIV-Prevention Policy Anne W Esacove Chapter 15. Sexuality and Desire in Racialized Contexts Mara Viveros Vigoya Chapter 16. From Research to Policy and Practice Richard Parker and Peter Aggleton Chapter 17. Reflections on the New Frontiers in Sexualities Research Jeffrey Weeks