Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society ReaderSex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader, 2/E Mindy Stombler, "Georgia State University"Dawn M. Baunach, "Georgia State University"Elisabeth O. Burgess, "Georgia State University"Denise Donnelly, "Georgia State University"Wendy Simonds, "Georgia State University" ISBN: 0205485448 This anthology of 62 readings from contemporary scholarly literature, trade books, popular media, as well as contributed articles, examines the many ways in which human sexuality is a socially constructed and regulated behavior, and how it is studied by social scientists. New To This Edition 39 of the 62 readings are new. Several chapters, including Sexual Practices, Sexual Violence, and Commercialized Sex, have been greatly expanded. Each chapter now concludes with "Sextistics," a set of relevant research data. |
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Contents
Categorizing Sex | 3 |
Nut6 and Bolu | 15 |
Becoming Biexual | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader |
| Editor | Mindy Stombler |
| Edition | abridged, illustrated |
| Publisher | Pearson A and B, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 30, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0205359744, 9780205359745 |
| Length | 522 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Popular Culture Social Science / Sociology / General |
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