Explores the political cultural and conceptual significance of sexual pleasure through Deleuze s philosophyGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup ISBN 9780748645923 ISBN 9780748645930 ISBN 9780748682294 How is sexual pleasure inscribed into conceptions of the body gender health and the human What is its role in the construction of these notions And most importantly how can it contribute to an expansion of what they mean Intervening into fields including posthumanist disability animal and feminist studies and current critiques of capitalism and consumerism Frida Beckman addresses these questions to recover a theory of sexuality from Deleuze s work Key FeaturesA definitive contribution to cultural conceptual and political debates about sexualityLooks at Deleuze s writing on sexuality from both historical and conceptual perspectives to show how he interacts with both other thinkers and sexuality in practiceCompares Deleuze s sexual theories to those of Michel Foucault one of the most influencial theorists of sexuality in Continental philosophy and critical theory analysing the differences similarities and interrelations