Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society

Featuring a variety of readings, this interdisciplinary anthology addresses such key questions as: How are sexualities socially constructed? Why are sexualities more than just natural "urges" or "drives"? and How are sexualities personal, social, and political? Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors, and Society, Second Edition, focuses on gender, using multiple disciplines, international populations, and theories to explore sexualities. Edited by Michael Kimmel and the Stony Brook Sexualities Research Group, the readings--including several written specifically for this volume--will grab students' attention. Topics range from the motivations of X-rated movie stars to vibrator use to gendered sexual fantasies. The text considers same-sex orientation, people of color, and global populations throughout.

Author: Michael Kimmel, The Stony Brook Sexualities Research Gro
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/29/2014
Pages: 704
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.40w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780199944231
ISBN10: 0199944237
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see also Social Science | Human Sexuality)
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Social Science | Men's Studies

About the Author

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).