Disorders of desire : sexuality and gender in modern American sexology / Janice M. Irvine.

Author/creator Irvine, Janice M.
Format Book
EditionRev. and expanded ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2005.
Descriptionx, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-295) and index.
LCCN 2005043734
ISBN1592131514 (pbk. : alk. paper)