The Gender of Desire: Essays on Male Sexuality

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SUNY Press, Mar 10, 2005 - Social Science - 288 pages
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Here, one of the world’s pioneers in the field of masculinity studies explores the construction of male sexuality, pornography, and sexual violence. Michael S. Kimmel analyzes what male sexuality is, where it comes from, how it works, what affects it, pornography’s impact on it, what fantasies men have about sex, what people think about sex, and how male ideas about sex affect what men actually do. Provocative and wide-ranging, these essays make important contributions to sociology, queer theory, American studies, history, and studies of gender, sexuality, and gay and lesbian issues.
 

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Contents

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In Our Dreams Sexual Fantasy and Sexual Representation
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IV
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V
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VI
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From Fantasy to Reality Sexual Identity and Sexual Behavior
125
IX
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X
147
Sex and Violence
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XII
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XIII
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Copyright

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Gender of Desire, The: Essays on Male Sexuality
Michael S. Kimmel
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Michael S. Kimmel
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About the author (2005)

Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He has written and edited many books, including The History of Men: Essays on the History of American and British Masculinities, also published by SUNY Press, and The Gendered Society, Second Edition. He is also the editor of Men and Masculinities, a leading journal in the field.

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TitleThe Gender of Desire: Essays on Male Sexuality
AuthorMichael S. Kimmel
Editionillustrated
PublisherSUNY Press, 2005
ISBN0791463389, 9780791463383
Length288 pages
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Social Science / Men's Studies
  
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