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Sexualities transformed? Inside visions of sexual, social and political change in Spain Introduction

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This introduction provides a framework for this special issue on sexualities and social change in Spain. Together with the presentation of the basic arguments of the issue, the article defends an understanding of sexual change as an efficient way to identify broad patterns of social change and transformation.

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