Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia

Vern LeRoy Bullough, Bonnie Bullough

Garland Publishing, Jan 1, 1994 - Psychology - 643 pages

Presents information on human sexuality that reflects a variety of viewpoints. Articles include a list of references where the interested reader can find additional information. Brief biographies of some of the more important sex researchers, educators, and therapists have been included.

About the author

VERN L. BULLOUGH was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York. He was the author, co-author, or editor of over 50 books, contributed chapters or sections to 100 other books, authored over 150 articles in refereed journals, and hundreds of others in a variety of publications. He traveled and lectured in over 35 foreign countries, and in most of the states of the United States. He was a fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, a Laureate in the International Academy of Humanism, a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and won numerous awards for his research and writing including the Alfred Kinsey award, and the John Money award. He received an honorary doctorate from the State University of New York. Among other things he served on the advisory board for the Los Angeles County Board of Adoptions, and was the proud parent of both natural and adopted children.

Vern L. Bullough is SUNY Distinguished Professor in History and Social Studies at the State University of New York and in the School of Nursing at the State University of New York. Bonnie Bullough is Professor in the School of Nursing at the State University of New York. The Bulloughs have coauthored a number of books on various aspects of sex and gender, including Contraception: A Guide to Birth Control Methods and Women and Prostitution. Both have also written extensively, sometimes together and other times individually, on the issues of sex and gender, health care, and the history of science, medicine, and nursing.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia; Volume 685 of Garland reference library of social science
• Editors: Vern LeRoy Bullough, Bonnie Bullough
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Garland Publishing, 1994
• ISBN: 0824079728, 9780824079727
• Length: 643 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Human Sexuality; Self-Help / Sexual Instruction; Social Science / General