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Title The sexual organization of the city / edited by Edward O. Laumann [and others]
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 418 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- The Theory of Sex Markets / Stephen Ellingson, Edward O. Laumann, Anthony Paik, and Jenna Mahay -- The Chicago Health and Social Life Survey Design / Martha Van Haitsma, Anthony Paik, and Edward O. Laumann -- The Structure of Urban Sexual Markets -- Neighborhoods as Sex Markets / Jenna Mahay and Edward O. Laumann -- Race and the Construction of Same-Sex Sex Markets in Four Chicago Neighborhoods / Stephen Ellingson and Kirby Schroeder -- Sexual and Social Consequences of Sexual Marketplaces -- Meeting and Mating over the Life Course / Jenna Mahay and Edward O. Laumann -- The Sex Market and Its Implications for Family Formation / Yoosik Youm and Anthony Paik -- Commitment, Jealousy, and the Quality of Life / Anthony Paik, Edward O. Laumann, and Martha Van Haitsma -- Violence and Sexuality: Examining Intimate-Partner Violence and Forced Sexual Activity / Jennifer Tello Buntin, Zohar Lechtman, and Edward O. Laumann -- Social Networks and Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Yoosik Youm and Edward O. Laumann -- Institutional Responses and Silences -- Constructing Causal Stories and Moral Boundaries: Institutional Approaches to Sexual Problems / Stephen Ellingson -- Religion and the Politics of Sexuality / Steve Ellingson, Martha Van Haitsma, Edward O. Laumann, and Nelson Tebbe -- The Cultural Economy of Urban Sexuality / Stephen Ellingson, Jenna Mahay, Anthony Paik, and Edward O. Laumann
Summary Why do sexual partnerships rarely cross racial and ethnic lines? Why do gays have few public meeting spots in certain areas, but a wide variety in others? Why are African Americans less likely to marry? This work considers these and many more questions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-388) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Sex customs -- Illinois -- Chicago
PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
Sex customs
Sexualverhalten
Stadtbevölkerung
Stadscultuur.
Seksualiteit.
Vie sexuelle -- Chicago (Ill.)
Villes -- Sexualité.
Illinois -- Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
États-Unis -- Sexualité.
Form Electronic book
Author Laumann, Edward O
LC no. 2003017586
ISBN 9780226470337
0226470334
9780226468976
0226468976
1283150786
9781283150781
9786613150783
6613150789