William Simon argues that we can only make sense of our sexuality within the larger project of understanding our humanity. This book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in sexuality.
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We need voices like William Simon's. He is a most astute and creative observer of the sexual scene. And I would encourage all who are interested in understanding human sexuality to read this book for the many insights it surely possesses.
–Ira L. Reiss, University of Minnesota, Contemporary Sociology
–Ira L. Reiss, University of Minnesota, Contemporary Sociology
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William Simon is Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston.
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The very use of the term postmodern in application to so many aspects of the contemporary experience and life, as well as the ease with which we have come to accept as blandly descriptive a term that initially sounds oxymoronic, suggests that we are at a point in cultural development that can only be viewed as a major watershed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
narcissistic honor, interpersonal scripting, intrapsychic scripting, adolescent psychosexual development, intrapsychic scripts, interpersonal scripts, cultural scenarios, social puberty, intrapsychic response, masturbatory experience, sexual scripts, narcissistic grandiosity, sexual actor, sexual may, social honor, oedipal family Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The very use of the term postmodern in application to so many aspects of the contemporary experience and life, as well as the ease with which we have come to accept as blandly descriptive a term that initially sounds oxymoronic, suggests that we are at a point in cultural development that can only be viewed as a major watershed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
narcissistic honor, interpersonal scripting, intrapsychic scripting, adolescent psychosexual development, intrapsychic scripts, interpersonal scripts, cultural scenarios, social puberty, intrapsychic response, masturbatory experience, sexual scripts, narcissistic grandiosity, sexual actor, sexual may, social honor, oedipal family Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Human Sexuality by James Geer in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sexual Conduct: The Social Sources of Human Sexuality (Social Problems and Social Issues) by William Simon in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Theories of Human Sexuality (Perspectives in Sexuality) by James H. Geer in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Psychopathia Sexualis by Richard Von KrafftEbing on page 118, and Back Matter
- Postmodern Sexualities by William Simon in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- Work, Postmodernism and Organization: A Critical Introduction (Organization, Theory and Society series) by Philip Hancock in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Child Sexual Assault: Feminist Perspectives by Pat Cox on page 89, and Back Matter
- Pathology and the Postmodern: Mental Illness as Discourse and Experience (Inquiries in Social Construction series) by Dwight Fee on page 17, and page 98
- Sexuality (Key Ideas) by Jeffrey Weeks in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- An Introduction to Sociology: Feminist Perspectives by Pamela Abbott in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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