Sexual Self The Construction of Sexual Scripts

Name: Sexual Self The Construction of Sexual Scripts
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ISBN: 9780826515599

ISBN-10: 0826515592

ISBN-13: 9780826515599

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael Kimmel

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In the late 1960s two sociologists, John Gagnon and William Simon, developed the concept of sexual scripts as part of a larger project of treating sexuality like any other social phenomenon. In the end, their vision of social construction turned Kinsey on his head, and their model became the dominant paradigm of social science inquiry into human sexuality, and spurred the development of an entire field of Sexuality Studies. Sexual activity, they argued, was like other social processes, yet one of increasing importance in the construction of the self. Michael Kimmel has gathered together essays from three generations of scholars influenced by this perspective on sexuality. These include many…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Publication date: 7/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction : John Gagnon and the sexual self




The sexual self in late modernity




Queers, bodies, and postmodern sexualities : a note on revisiting the "sexual" in symbolic interactionism




In search of sexual subjectivities : exploring the sociological construction of sexual selves




Friendship, sex, and masculinity




Scripting the sex : fantasy, narrative, and sexual scripts in pornographic films




The social construction of heterosexuality




Shapes of desire




"It's less work for us and it shows us she has good taste" : masculinity, sexual initiation, and contemporary sexual scripts




Relationship innovation in male couples




Miscommunication and misinterpretations : men's scripts about sexual communication and unwanted sex in interactions with women




Sex, intimacy, and family life in the United States




Sexual scripting and self-process : intersubjectivity among gay men




Sexual development, social oppression, and local culture




Sexuopharmacology : a fateful new element in sexual scripts




"The badlands of desire" : sex research, cultural scenarios, and the politics of knowledge production



Postscript : the never-ending conversation : two interviews



John H. Gagnon : selected publications