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Sexualityand globalisation'
Altman
Dennis
abstract
Globalisation has an impact on all aspects of life, including the construction, regulation and imagination of
sexuality and gender. This article aims to suggest some of the ways in which this impact is occurring, primarily in
the developing world, with some emphasis on questions of HIV,sexual identity, and human and sexual rights. In
issues of sexuality, as in other spheres, globalisation increases inequalities, acting both as a liberatory and an
oppressive influence.
keywords
HIV,homosexuality, social movements, prostitution
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Notes
1. Much of this articleis based on my book Globol
Sex,and for the sake of manageability,
most of the
sources cited for this articleare additionalto those
cited there.
This articleappearedin SexualityResearch& Social
a journalof the NationalSexualityResource
Policy,
Center,San FranciscoState University:Altman D
(2004) 'Queer Centres and Peripheries',Cultural
StudiesReview, 10, 1, 119-28. Agendathanks the
NSRCfor permissionto reproducethe piece.The
articlehas been adaptedto Agenda'sstyle.
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