Overview

This anthology on sexuality addresses such key questions as: How are sexualities socially constructed? Why are sexualities more than just natural ""urges""? and How are sexualities personal, social, and political? Using multiple disciplines, international populations, and theories to explore sexualities, it opens with classical and contemporary theories, and then explores the ways in which we learn about sexual activities and develop sexual identities. Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society has a strong sociological approach, but also considers other important perspectives (psychology, biology, history). It is rigorous, yet accessible and engaging, covering classical and contemporary arguments and perspectives. For this second edition, the author and contributors have thoroughly revised the manuscript to include a wide variety of additional topical coverage, added critical thinking and discussing quesitons to each article, and created a glossary of key terms.

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This reader's strengths are its interdisciplinary approach, its accessibility to an undergraduate, non-social science classroom, and its up-to-date information towards quickly evolving sexual issues. --Traci Abbott, Bentley University

This reader's strengths are its interdisciplinary approach, its accessibility to an undergraduate, non-social science classroom, and its up-to-date information towards quickly evolving sexual issues. --Traci Abbott, <em>Bentley University</em>

Author Information

Michael Kimmel is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. A leading researcher and writer on gender and men and masculinity, he is the author or editor of numerous books and articles including The Gendered Society [Text and Reader], Fifth Edition (OUP, 2013), Manhood in America: A Cultural History, Third Edition (OUP, 2012), Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era (2013), and Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2009).

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