Science/Fiction of Sex

Annie Potts teaches critical sexuality studies in the Department of Gender Studies at the University of Canterbury, NZ. She also leads a national study, funded by the NZ Health Research Council on the social impact of sexuopharmaceuticals. Her previous publications include texts on critical psychology, gender and cultural studies and human/animal politics.

• Introduction. Part One: The Science/Fiction of Sex. Sexual Science Fiction. War of the Worlds. Part Two: The Vocabularies of Heterosex. The Day the Earth Stood Still. The Man with Two Brains. The Incredible Shrinking Man. Innerspace. The Final Frontier. Brave New Worlds. Parting Comments, Future Sexes.

Potts' analysis of current trends in sexology are on the mark. She offers an encyclopaedic overview of popular and scholarly writings together with original research that will be well received in sexuality, women's studies and cultural studies classes. - Leonore Tiefer, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, New York University of MedicineThe Science/Fiction of Sex is original, witty, extremely clever ... it has some remarkable chapters, such as the one on masculinity which I would rate among the best I've ever read. The analysis of the alternative erotic-theoretical systems proposed by Irigaray and Deleuze are first-class pieces of writing, daring and intelligent. - Rosi Braidotti, Netherlands Research School of Women's Studies, Utrecht UniversityAnnie Potts has opened up new ways of understanding the open potential of all forms of sexuality - an exciting and crucial project for feminists of the future. - Elizabeth Grosz, Rutgers University