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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William Simon , William SimonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: AldineTransaction Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.703kg ISBN: 9780202306636ISBN 10: 0202306631 Pages: 378 Publication Date: 31 December 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword: Permanence and Change: Sexual Conduct Thirty Years On Kenneth Plummer Preface to the Second Edition John H. Gagnon Acknowledgments to the First Edition 1. The Social Origins of Sexual Development 2. Childhood and Adolescence 3. Postadolescent Sexual Development 4. The Pedagogy of Sex 5. Homosexuality Among Men 6. A Conformity Greater than Deviance: The Lesbian 7. The Prostitution of Women 8. Homosexual Conduct in Prison 9. Pornography: Social Scripts and Legal Dilemmas 10. Social Change and Sexual Conduct Afterword: The Struggle Over Sexual Change Since 1970 John H. Gagnon The Writing of Sexual Conduct: Two Recollections The Never-Ending Conversation: Two Interviews References IndexReviewsWith the continuing attention to the study of sexualities, readers now have the opportunity to revisit--or encounter for the first time--a classic in the field. Rereading Gagnon and Simon's Sexual Conduct reminds us of its importance in having established over thirty years ago the foundation for understanding the social dimensions of sexuality while also providing us with creative insights relevant to today's issues and theoretical debates. This is a key book everyone doing research and writing about sexuality must read in order to learn how the social meanings of sexuality are developed, organized, and maintained in a culture. --Peter M. Nardi, author of Gay Men's Friendships: Invincible Communities and professor of sociology, Pitzer College <br> When I read the first edition of Sexual Conduct it literally changed my life. I was just beginning my sociological career and this book shook my worldview to the core and made me into a symbolic interactionist, and committed me to a lifelong study of the sociology of sexuality. Bill Simon and John Gagnon wrote a book that was so revelatory that nothing has been the same since it's publication. Simon and Gagnon brought the theory of social scripts home to sociology and allowed us to see the role of culture and gender in the construction of meaning about our sexual lives. The authors intellectually destroyed categorical ways of thinking about sex acts and sexual actors and showed how culture created our perceptions, norms, and feelings. Way before gender became one of the cornerstones of sociological analysis, Simon and Gagnon helped sociology and other behavioral sciences (not to mention students and other disciplines) understand how social norms created gender and now gender molded sexual behavior. Simon and Gagnon were the first wave of resistance to essentialism, ' the belief that all major sexual feelings, from sexual arousal to partner choice are biologically based. No one can read this book and imagine tha With the continuing attention to the study of sexualities, readers now have the opportunity to revisit--or encounter for the first time--a classic in the field. Rereading Gagnon and Simon's Sexual Conduct reminds us of its importance in having established over thirty years ago the foundation for understanding the social dimensions of sexuality while also providing us with creative insights relevant to today's issues and theoretical debates. This is a key book everyone doing research and writing about sexuality must read in order to learn how the social meanings of sexuality are developed, organized, and maintained in a culture. --Peter M. Nardi, author of Gay Men's Friendships: Invincible Communities and professor of sociology, Pitzer College When I read the first edition of Sexual Conduct it literally changed my life. I was just beginning my sociological career and this book shook my worldview to the core and made me into a symbolic interactionist, and committed me to a lifelong study of the sociology of sexuality. Bill Simon and John Gagnon wrote a book that was so revelatory that nothing has been the same since it's publication. Simon and Gagnon brought the theory of social scripts home to sociology and allowed us to see the role of culture and gender in the construction of meaning about our sexual lives. The authors intellectually destroyed categorical ways of thinking about sex acts and sexual actors and showed how culture created our perceptions, norms, and feelings. Way before gender became one of the cornerstones of sociological analysis, Simon and Gagnon helped sociology and other behavioral sciences (not to mention students and other disciplines) understand how social norms created gender and now gender molded sexual behavior. Simon and Gagnon were the first wave of resistance to 'essentialism, ' the belief that all major sexual feelings, from sexual arousal to partner choice are biologically based. No one can read this book and imagine that our s Author InformationWilliam Simon Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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