What Is Sexual Capital?

by Dana Kaplan and Eva Illouz

Book Overview

This book does to sex what other sociologists did to culture: it shows that sex, no longer defined by religion, now plays a role in the economy and can yield tangible benefits in the realms of money, status, and occupation. How do people accumulate sexual capital, and what are the returns for investing money, time, knowledge, and energy in establishing and enhancing our sexual selves?

Dana Kaplan and Eva Illouz disentangle the current cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509552324
• ISBN13: 9781509552320
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.7" x 7.1"