| Description |
xvii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society |
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Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Nature, Nurture, and In-Between / Paul R. Abramson and Steven D. Pinkerton -- 2. Sexual Nature: What Can We Learn from a Cross-Species Perspective? / Mary S. McDonald Pavelka -- 3. Sex as an Alternative to Aggression in the Bonobo / Frans B. M. de Waal -- 4. The Evolution of Female Sexual Desire / Kim Wallen -- 5. Beauty Is in the Adaptations of the Beholder: The Evolutionary Psychology of Human Female Sexual Attractiveness / Donald Symons -- 6. Sex Hormones and Sexual Behavior / Jean D. Wilson -- 7. Psychoneuroendocrinology and Sexual Pleasure: The Aspect of Sexual Orientation / Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg -- 8. The Genetics of Sexual Orientation: From Fruit Flies to Humans / Angela M. L. Pattatucci and Dean H. Hamer -- 9. The Cultural Management of Adolescent Sexuality / Alice Schlegel -- 10. Sexuality, Infertility, and Sexually Transmitted Disease among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa / Robert C. Bailey and Robert V. Aunger |
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11. The Pleasures of Homosexuality / David F. Greenberg -- 12. Discourse, Intercourse, and the Excluded Middle: Anthropology and the Problem of Sexual Experience / Donald Tuzin -- 13. The Pleasures of Castration: The Postoperative Status of Hijras, Jankhas, and Academics / Lawrence Cohen -- 14. The Pursuit of Pleasure and the Sale of Sex / Lenore Manderson -- 15. Sexuality and the Experience of Love / Thomas Gregor -- 16. Model-Based Representations of Human Sexual Behavior / Edward H. Kaplan -- 17. Sexual Activities as Told in Surveys / Richard Berk, Paul R. Abramson and Paul Okami -- Appendix: Theorizing Sexuality / Paul Okami and Laura Pendleton |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sex (Biology)
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Sex.
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| Author |
Abramson, Paul R., 1949-
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Pinkerton, Steven D.
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| LC no. |
94036662 |
| ISBN |
0226001814 |
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0226001822 |
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