| Description |
1 online resource (437 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Part One: Introduction; 1. The Theory of Sex Markets; 2. The Chicago Health and Social Life Survey Design; Part Two: The Structure of Urban Sexual Markets; 3. Neighborhoods as Sex Markets; 4. Race and the Construction of Same-Sex Sex Markets in Four Chicago Neighborhoods; Part Three: Sexual and Social Consequences of Sexual Marketplaces; 5. Meeting and Mating over the Life Course; 6. The Sex Market and Its Implications for Family Formation; 7. Commitment, Jealousy, and the Quality of Life |
| Summary |
We think of the city as a place where anything goes. Take the sensational fantasies and lurid antics of single women on Sex in the City or young men on Queer as Folk, and you might imagine the city as some kind of sexual playground--a place where you can have any kind of sex you want, with whomever you like, anytime or anywhere you choose. But in The Sexual Organization of the City, Edward Laumann and company argue that this idea is a myth. Drawing on extensive surveys and interviews with Chicago adults, they show that the city is--to the contrary--a place where sexual choices and options are con |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex customs -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Sex customs
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Illinois -- Chicago
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ellingson, Stephen
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Mahay, Jenna
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Paik, Anthony
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Youm, Yoosik
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| ISBN |
9780226470337 |
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0226470334 |
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1283150786 |
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9781283150781 |
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