Perspectives on Human Sexuality

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SUNY Press, 1999 M01 1 - 503 páginas
In a book destined to become the standard reference on human sexuality, Bolin and Whelehan provide the first ever treatment that includes both the biological aspects and the cultural influences of this basic and much examined part of life. Never before has a book offered such a broad analysis including both anthropological perspectives as well as anatomical and physiological viewpoints. Included are many photographs and illustrations, making Perspectives on Human Sexuality a much needed resource.

By offering an anthropological perspective to understanding human sexuality, how it developed over millions of years and how it is embedded in specific socio-cultural contexts, the authors present a broad-based analysis of human sexuality. Specifically, Bolin and Whelehan offer unique perspectives on modern human male and female anatomy and physiology; pregnancy and childbirth as a bio-cultural experience; various topics in adult sexuality, such as life-course issues related to gender identity; sexual orientations, behaviors, and lifestyles; and discussions of HIV and AIDS.

Using these topics the authors differentiate culture-specific sexual behavior from what we share as a species. This helps to place sexual behavior in the United States in a larger context as well as reduces the tendency to view nonwesterners as the "other" or exotic, thereby promoting a clearer understanding of the complex phenomenon labeled "human sexuality."

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Introduction History and Context
3
Anthropological and Sexological Views
21
Evolution of Biological Structures Related to Modern Sexual Behavior
41
Introduction to the Hormonal Basis of Modern Human Sexuality
67
Modern Human Male Anatomy and Physiology
81
Modern Human Female Anatomy and Physiology
103
Fertility Conception and Sexual Differentiation
135
Pregnancy and Childbirth as a BioCultural Experience
159
Topics in Adult Sexuality Human Sexual Response and Birth Control
235
Topics in Adult Sexuality Life CourseIssues Related to Gender Identity Gender Roles and Aging
281
Sexual Orientations Behaviors and LifeStyles
313
HIV Infection and AIDS
335
Conclusions and Summary
379
Notes
383
Glossary
389
Bibliography
407

Early Childhood Sexuality
177
Puberty and Adolescence
207

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Anne Bolin is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Elon College. She is the author of In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage and editor of The Journal of Sex Research.

Patricia Whelehan is Professor of Anthropology and the Campus' AIDS Education Coordinator at State University of New York at Potsdam. She is coeditor of Women and Health: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.

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