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Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 The Sociological Study of Sexuality: An Introduction
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    Chapter 2 Sexual Script Theory: Past, Present, and Future
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    Chapter 3 Sexual Fields
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    Chapter 4 Macro Theory in Sexual Science
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    Chapter 5 Studying Sexualities from a Life Course Perspective
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    Chapter 6 Surveying Sexualities: Minimizing Survey Error in Study of Sexuality
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    Chapter 7 Ethnography in a “Sexy Setting:” Doing Research in a New Zealand Massage Parlour
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    Chapter 8 Observational Methods in Sexuality Research
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    Chapter 9 Unpacking Sexual Embodiment and Embodied Resistance
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    Chapter 10 Missing Intersections: Contemporary Examinations of Sexuality and Disability
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    Chapter 11 Trans* Sexualities
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    Chapter 12 Casual Sex: Integrating Social, Behavioral, and Sexual Health Research
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    Chapter 13 Consensual Non-Monogamies in Industrialized Nations
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    Chapter 14 Sexuality in Long-Term Relationships
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    Chapter 15 Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Class
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    Chapter 16 Asexualities: Socio-Cultural Perspectives
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    Chapter 17 Cities and Sexualities
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    Chapter 18 The Queer Metropolis
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    Chapter 19 The Family in Flux: Changing Sexual and Reproductive Practices
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    Chapter 20 Understanding Religious Variations in Sexuality and Sexual Health
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    Chapter 21 Sexuality and Education: Toward the Promise of Ambiguity
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    Chapter 22 Sex Work
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    Chapter 23 Pornography
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    Chapter 24 The Medicalization of Sexual Deviance, Reproduction, and Functioning
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    Chapter 25 Sexualities and Social Movements: Three Decades of Sex and Social Change
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    Chapter 26 Erratum to: Pornography
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Chapter title
Sexuality and Education: Toward the Promise of Ambiguity
Chapter number 21
Book title
Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities
Published in
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, June 2015
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-17341-2_21
Book ISBNs
978-3-31-917340-5, 978-3-31-917341-2
Authors

Jessica Fields, Jen Gilbert, Michelle Miller

Editors

John DeLamater, Rebecca F. Plante

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Country Count As %
Unknown 15 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 20%
Student > Master 3 20%
Student > Bachelor 2 13%
Lecturer 2 13%
Researcher 2 13%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 2 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 7 47%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 7%
Environmental Science 1 7%
Psychology 1 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 27%
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