Overview

177 Lovers and Still Counting: My Life as a Sex Researcher offers a transcultural perspective on gender and sexuality through engaging personal accounts of the author’s participant-observer research in multiple countries and cultures across the globe. Dr. Leanna Wolfe draws from anthropology, sexology, evolutionary psychology, and sociology, effortlessly weaving together personal stories along with qualititiave and quantitiave cross-cultural studies to shed light on relationships, genders, and sexualities. As an autoethnography that is both personal and clinical, Wolfe describes and analyzes personal experiences conduction participant-observer research in order to understand sex, gender, and relationships situated in the social context. She provides insight through personal, intimate storytelling, revealing the many varieties of love, sex, and relationships across cultures and subcultures, and how these insights might impact her readers’ lives, just as it has impacted the author’s life.

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Author:   Leanna Wolfe
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 26.10cm
Weight:   0.676kg
ISBN:  

9781538174661

ISBN 10:   1538174669
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   02 January 2024
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 22 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Coming Out A Tale of Two Viruses What is an Auto-Ethnography? Ethical Concerns My Life as an Engaged Anthropologist 177 Lovers—What’s in a Number? Part I – Beginnings Chapter 1: Erotic Stirrings Chapter 2: My Parents’ World/My World Chapter 3: Saving It/Losing It Chapter 4: Orgasm Me-Search/Research Chapter 5: Am I Gay? Part II - Stepping Out Into the World as a Young Woman Chapter 6: The Gringa Studies Machismo Chapter 7: Discoveries and Dalliances in Late 1970s New York City Part III – Adult Sex Education Chapter 8: Learning About Sex Chapter 9: Forays into Alternative Lifestyles Tracking BDSM The Swing Scene Part IV – Rethinking Marriage Chapter 10: Researching Singles Culture in Los Angeles Part V – Engaging Polygamy and Polyamory Chapter 11: Researching Polygamy in East Africa and Papua New Guinea Briefly a Polyamorous Triad Polygyny Field Research in Africa Papua New Guinea Beckons! Chapter 12: Researching Sex, Drugs and Polyamory at Burning Man Part VI – Making it Professional Chapter 13: Becoming a Sexology Professional Chapter 14: Learning by Teaching: Insights into Ethnic Generation Gaps Part VII – Exploring Worlds of the USA Chapter 15: Studying Cheating from a Multitude of Perspectives Chapter 16: In Search of Baby Batter Part VIII – Engaging the Cybersex World Chapter 17: The Viral Nipple Chapter 18: The Petrified Sex Goddess Chapter 19: Working as a Cyber Sexpert Part IX – The Marriage Question Continues Chapter 20: Engaging India’s Courtship with Love Marriage Chapter 21: Deconstructing Niger’s Marriage Market Part X – Exploring Other Worlds Chapter 22: Scoping Out Sexual Tourism in Thailand, Jamaica and Peru Thailand Jamaica Peru Chapter 23: Engaging Morocco’s Gender Divide Chapter 24: Sorting Out Sex, Culture and Business in China and Cuba Part XI – Three Full Circle Stories Chapter 25: Reckoning with #MeToo Chapter 26: Full Circle Love Chapter 27: Return to Mexico Part XII – Conclusion Chapter 28: Conclusion: Healing Through Culture, History and Context References Dr. Leanna Wolfe’s Research Sources Cited Index About the Author

Reviews

Dr. Wolfe's auto-ethnography is an engaging and very real story. Living through the women's liberation movement in the '60s-'70s and the more recent #MeTooMovement, she describes the challenges and benefits of being a professional woman who is also a sexually vibrant being. This work is open, inspiring, and a joy to read. I would recommend this not only as an ethnography, but also as a case study in gender and sexuality.--Emily E. Prior, MA, executive director, Center for Positive Sexuality A delightful romp with sensitivity and insight with an anthropologist's answer to Anaïs Nin, Dorothy Parker, and other female challengers to the social conventions of their times.--William Jankowiak, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Leanna Wolfe tells the story--fearlessly, absorbingly and without apology--of a young woman's sexual awakening (her own) and maturation into an uninhibited carnal expert/educator. She travels the world to glean her fascinating perspective, emerging with a well-researched volume of great wisdom and candor.--Ray Richmond, journalist, author, and educator The author's fearlessness and honesty about her love life and her sexual journey throughout her life are truly revolutionary and very refreshing. I especially appreciated the author's ability to convey the 'flavor' and reality of each relationship. Her experience as an anthropologist allows her to provide us with an astute analysis of the sexual mores, relationship styles, and trends of the past half-century. A totally unique book and truly a page-turner!--Kathy Labriola, counselor, nurse, and author of Polyamorous Elders: Aging in Open Relationships This a surprising and astonishingly honest book by a professional sex researcher. Through the revealing lens of her own life story as a woman, Leanne Wolfe explores the meaning of various beliefs about sexual behavior in wildly different cultures and phases of life. This book exemplifies the classic anthropological method of participant observation, interspersed with the results of carefully constructed surveys on the differences between what informants say and what they do about sexuality, including Wolfe herself. There is much treasure and wisdom here.--Pat Shipman, Pennsylvania State University

A delightful romp with sensitivity and insight with an anthropologist's answer to Anaïs Nin, Dorothy Parker, and other female challengers to the social conventions of their times.--William Jankowiak, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Leanna Wolfe tells the story--fearlessly, absorbingly and without apology--of a young woman's sexual awakening (her own) and maturation into an uninhibited carnal expert/educator. She travels the world to glean her fascinating perspective, emerging with a well-researched volume of great wisdom and candor.--Ray Richmond, journalist, author, and educator The author's fearlessness and honesty about her love life and her sexual journey throughout her life are truly revolutionary and very refreshing. I especially appreciated the author's ability to convey the 'flavor' and reality of each relationship. Her experience as an anthropologist allows her to provide us with an astute analysis of the sexual mores, relationship styles, and trends of the past half-century. A totally unique book and truly a page-turner!--Kathy Labriola, counselor, nurse, and author of Polyamorous Elders: Aging in Open Relationships This a surprising and astonishingly honest book by a professional sex researcher. Through the revealing lens of her own life story as a woman, Leanne Wolfe explores the meaning of various beliefs about sexual behavior in wildly different cultures and phases of life. This book exemplifies the classic anthropological method of participant observation, interspersed with the results of carefully constructed surveys on the differences between what informants say and what they do about sexuality, including Wolfe herself. There is much treasure and wisdom here.--Pat Shipman, Pennsylvania State University

Author Information

Leanna Wolfe, PhD’s sex research was spirited by coming of age in the thick of the 1970s sexual revolution and feminist movement in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her curiosities and academic appetites led her engage in field research in Mexico, Africa, India and Papua New Guinea. From 1980 to 2018 she worked as a university professor teaching and researching topics ranging from orgasm, multiple partner sexualities and sexual assault. In 2016 she launched Wise Woman Sex and Relationship Consulting, providing counseling through her unique lens of Sexual Anthropology.

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