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Sexual Conduct : The Social Sources of Human Sexuality.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Piscataway : Aldine Transaction, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (377 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780202368856
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.7
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Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments to the First Edition -- The Social Origins of Sexual Development -- Childhood and Adolescence -- Postadolescent Sexual Development -- The Pedagogy of Sex -- Homosexuality Among Men -- A Conformity Greater than Deviance -- The Prostitution of Women -- Homosexual Conduct in Prison -- Pornography -- Social Change and Sexual Conduct -- Afterword -- The Writing of Sexual Conduct -- The Never-Ending Conversation -- References -- Index.
Summary: The first edition of Sexual Conduct, published in 1973, swiftly became a landmark text in the sociology of sexuality. It went on to profoundly shape the ideas of several generations of scholars and has become the foundation text of what is now known as the "social constructionist" approach to sexuality. The present edition, revised, updated, and containing new introductory and concluding materials, introduces a classic text to a new generation of students and professionals.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments to the First Edition -- The Social Origins of Sexual Development -- Childhood and Adolescence -- Postadolescent Sexual Development -- The Pedagogy of Sex -- Homosexuality Among Men -- A Conformity Greater than Deviance -- The Prostitution of Women -- Homosexual Conduct in Prison -- Pornography -- Social Change and Sexual Conduct -- Afterword -- The Writing of Sexual Conduct -- The Never-Ending Conversation -- References -- Index.

The first edition of Sexual Conduct, published in 1973, swiftly became a landmark text in the sociology of sexuality. It went on to profoundly shape the ideas of several generations of scholars and has become the foundation text of what is now known as the "social constructionist" approach to sexuality. The present edition, revised, updated, and containing new introductory and concluding materials, introduces a classic text to a new generation of students and professionals.

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