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In this important and ground-breaking book, Laura Carpenter and John DeLamater have assembled a stunning collection of articles on human sexuality from a life course perspective. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand sexuality as it unfolds from childhood through late life. -Debra Umberson, author of Death of a Parent: Transition to a New Adult Identity Sex for Life demonstrates the importance of broader cultural and historical factors to an individual's experiences of sexuality at different life stages. The chapters highlight the range of research methodologies used in this rapidly developing field and provide a wealth of new directions for future theorizing and research. -Cynthia Graham, editor of The Journal of Sex Research This volume promises to be an important scholarly resource for the study of human sexualities from a life course perspective. The chapters present critical reviews of existing literature and new findings on a range of substantive topics that showcase how people's sexuality across life stages and transitions are influenced by broader cultural and historical contexts; the intersections of gender, race, and social class; and prior life events and experiences. -Sue Sprecher, co-editor of Encyclopedia of Human Relationships This collection demonstrates the importance of understanding how sexuality changes throughout a life course. Likewise, it shows the diversity of factors that influence sexuality both by providing an analysis of seldom studied areas (e.g., childhood sexuality, a difficult subject to study for varied reasons) and by looking into the unique experiences of subgroups within the overall population (e.g., immigrants and those with spinal cord injuries). Such diversity shows how much research remains to be done on sexuality throughout life. Library Journal, February 15th 2012

"""In this important and ground-breaking book, Laura Carpenter and John DeLamater have assembled a stunning collection of articles on human sexuality from a life course perspective. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand sexuality as it unfolds from childhood through late life."" -Debra Umberson, author of Death of a Parent: Transition to a New Adult Identity ""Sex for Life demonstrates the importance of broader cultural and historical factors to an individual's experiences of sexuality at different life stages. The chapters highlight the range of research methodologies used in this rapidly developing field and provide a wealth of new directions for future theorizing and research."" -Cynthia Graham, editor of The Journal of Sex Research ""This volume promises to be an important scholarly resource for the study of human sexualities from a life course perspective. The chapters present critical reviews of existing literature and new findings on a range of substantive topics that showcase how people's sexuality across life stages and transitions are influenced by broader cultural and historical contexts; the intersections of gender, race, and social class; and prior life events and experiences."" -Sue Sprecher, co-editor of Encyclopedia of Human Relationships ""This collection demonstrates the importance of understanding how sexuality changes throughout a life course. Likewise, it shows the diversity of factors that influence sexuality both by providing an analysis of seldom studied areas (e.g., childhood sexuality, a difficult subject to study for varied reasons) and by looking into the unique experiences of subgroups within the overall population (e.g., immigrants and those with spinal cord injuries). Such diversity shows how much research remains to be done on sexuality throughout life."" Library Journal, February 15th 2012"

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Laura M. Carpenter is Associate Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University and author of Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences. John DeLamater is Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, co-author of Understanding Human Sexuality, 11th Edition.

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