Global Sex by Dennis Altman, Chicago, £15.50, ISBN 0226016064
SCIENCE has always claimed to be global, transcending national divisions. It
and its technological products have been major forces in that “globalisation”
whose most obvious symbols are burgers, soft drinks, sneakers and Hollywood.
Dennis Altman argues that sex, too, is being globalised.
The spread of HIV provides Global Sex with its historical core, and the
spread of notions of sexuality its substance. Earlier varieties of colonialism
may have spread disease and theology, too—but the 747 does the job so much
more efficiently than the sailing ship.
Altman argues that the…
