Disorders of desire : sexuality and gender in modern American sexology / Janice M. Irvine.
| Author/creator | Irvine, Janice M. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Rev. and expanded ed. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2005. |
| Description | x, 304 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Emergence of scientific sexology -- Toward a "value-free" science of sex : the Kinsey reports -- Science, medicine, and a market -- -- Sexology at a crossroad : consolidation and confusion -- The humanistic theme in sexology -- Sexual science and sexual politics -- Conflict and accommodation : who defines sexuality? -- Practice of scientific sexology : sex therapy and gender research -- Repairing the conjugal bed : the clinical practice of modern sex therapy -- Regulated passions : the invention of inhibited sexual desire and sex addiction -- Boys will be girls : contemporary research on gender. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-295) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005043734 |
| ISBN | 1592131514 (pbk. : alk. paper) |