Bibliograph

The cultural construction of sexuality, edited by Pat Caplan

Type

Label

The cultural construction of sexuality, edited by Pat Caplan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The cultural construction of sexuality

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

897451551

Responsibility statement

edited by Pat Caplan

Series statement

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Table Of Contents

1. Questions of identity / Jeffrey Weeks -- 2. 'Facts of life' or the eroticization of women's oppression? Sexology and the social construction of heterosexuality / Margaret Jackson -- 3. Reason, desire, and male sexuality / Victor J. Seidler -- 4. A note on gender iconography : the vagina / Shirley Ardener -- 5. Social and cognitive aspects of female sexuality in Jamaica / Carol P. MacCormack and Alizon Draper -- 6. Honour and shame : the control of women's sexuality and group identity in Naples / Victoria Goddard -- 7. Beyond the Samoan controversy in anthropology : a history of sexuality in the eastern interior of Fiji / Allen Abramson -- 8. 'Selling her kiosk' : Kikuyu notions of sexuality and sex for sale in Mathare Valley, Kenya / Nici Nelson -- 9. Rank, gender, and homosexuality : Mombasa as a key to understanding sexual options / Gill Shepherd -- 10. Celibacy as a solution? Mahatma Gandhi and Brahmacharya / Pat Caplan

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