Books for Sexuality Courses

Sex/Gender

Biology in a Social World

By Anne Fausto-Sterling

Series: The Routledge Series Integrating Science and Culture

Sex/Gender presents a relatively new way to think about how biological difference can be produced over time in response to different environmental and social experiences. This book gives a clearly written explanation of the biological and cultural underpinnings of gender. Anne Fausto-Sterling...

Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge

Introducing the New Sexuality Studies

2nd Edition

Edited by Steven Seidman, Nancy Fischer, Chet Meeks

Breaking new ground, both substantively and stylistically, Introducing the New Sexuality Studies, Second Edition offers students and academics an engaging, thought-provoking introduction and overview of the social study of sexualities. Its central premise is to explore the social construction...

Published February 13th 2011 by Routledge

Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures

3rd Edition

By Terri D. Fisher, Clive M. Davis, William L. Yarber, Sandra L. Davis

This classic and invaluable reference Handbook, written for sex researchers and their students, has now been completely revised in a new edition complete with its own companion website. It remains the only easy and efficient way for researchers to learn about, evaluate, and compare...

Published August 11th 2010 by Routledge

The State of Sex

Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland

By Barbara Brents, Crystal Jackson, Kathryn Hausbeck

Series: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives

The State of Sex is a study of Nevada’s brothels that situates the nation's only legal brothel industry in the political economy of contemporary tourism. Nevada is part of the "new American heartland," as its pastimes, people, and politics have become more central to the nation. The rise of a...

Published December 14th 2009 by Routledge

Sexuality

3rd Edition

By Jeffrey Weeks

Series: Key Ideas

For over twenty years, Sexuality has provided a cutting edge introduction to debates about sexualities, gender, and intimate life. Previous editions included pioneering discussions of the historical shaping of sexuality, identity politics, the rise of fundamentalism, the social impact of AIDS, the...

Published September 27th 2009 by Routledge

Sex For Sale

Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry, 2nd Edition

Edited by Ronald Weitzer

This groundbreaking collection of essays on the sex industry contains original studies on sex work, its risks and benefits, and its political implications. Sex for Sale covers areas not commonly researched, including gay and lesbian pornography, telephone sex workers, customers of...

Published July 27th 2009 by Routledge

Human Sexuality

Biological, Psychological, and Cultural Perspectives

By Anne Bolin, Patricia Whelehan

Human Sexuality: Biological, Psychological, and Cultural Perspectives is a unique textbook that provides a complete analysis of this crucial aspect of life around the world. Utilizing viewpoints across cultural and national boundaries, and deftly weaving evolutionary and psychological perspectives,...

Published March 25th 2009 by Routledge