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A history of Japanese sexual mores and a survey of modern Japanese love, marriage and family life. The author explores the subject starting with ... More

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Why has there been such an explosion of discussion about sex in the west since the 17th century? Here, one of France's greatest intellectuals ... More

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In prehistory, what idea did early humans have of fatherhood? What did they consider to be attractive physical features? Was a distinction made ... More

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A study examining the way in which sexual attitudes and behaviour reflect the underlying values of the time. It embraces cultural attitudes from ... More

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"Grant is passionate yet blessedly free of rhetoric and gush. And how welcome is her evocation of the [sexual revolution's] optimism -- even its ... More

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SEX IN HISTORY chronicles the pleasures- and perils- of the flesh from the time of mankind's distant ancestors to the modern day; from a sexual act ... More

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This is the third volume of Foucault's "History of Sexuality". A sociologist and historian of ideas, Foucault's other works include "Madness and ... More

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"The terms defined span the disciplines of sociology, biology, medicine, and the humanities. To be found among the more than 6000 entries are ... More

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The field of human sexuality has been neglected in social research. In the 1950s, the Kinsey Institute pioneered the first surveys of American ... More

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What is meant by innocence,passion,love - and arousal, desire,perversion and shame? These questions and more are addressed by this controversial ... More

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Not so much about sex itself, but about sexual attraction and its secrets, this book has been written with the help of superstars, supermodels, ... More

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This lively and fascinating exploration of nymphomania as organic disease, psychological disorder, legal construct, and locker-room joke takes a look ... More

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Sex is under siege - sex is fighting back - sex has always been dangerous, to societies, as well as individuals. It has always been the stuff around ... More

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Transsexualism is a phenomenon of our time. At other times and in other places, there have been, or still are, people not living in the sex of their ... More

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This book tells why the kiss is one of the most powerful and evocative gestures in Western culture. Adrianne Blue argues convincingly that there is a ... More

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Nobody thinks love unimportant, but people are not as clear as they should be about what love involves, and about what it is to learn to love. This ... More

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'This is an immensely valuable scholarly contribution to the historiography of sexuality. As a study of patterns and themes in historians' writing of ... More

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