Eva Illiouz and Dana Kaplan offer an interesting sociological analysis of sexuality as a new form of inequality under neoliberal capitalism.
Given the growing commercialization of sex and sexual identities, Eva Illiouz and Dana Kaplan use the idea of "sexual capital" as a prism through which to look into ways in which sex can create inequalities, especially those related to gender and social class.
This book begins with a general review of the historical transition that begins from the modern formations of sex and eroticity to those that arise in late modernity. This historical and theoretical exploration allows to develop the notion of late-modern sexual capital. For authors, the focus is mainly on the relationship between sexuality and employability, as it has emerged as a distinctive form of sexual capital today. Through the analytical perspective of sexual and erotic...read more
