In this Book
- The Gender of Desire: Essays on Male Sexuality
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
Here, one of the world’s pioneers in the field of masculinity studies explores the construction of male sexuality, pornography, and sexual violence. Michael S. Kimmel analyzes what male sexuality is, where it comes from, how it works, what affects it, pornography’s impact on it, what fantasies men have about sex, what people think about sex, and how male ideas about sex affect what men actually do. Provocative and wide-ranging, these essays make important contributions to sociology, queer theory, American studies, history, and studies of gender, sexuality, and gay and lesbian issues.
Table of Contents
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- Title page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- I. The Construction of Male Sexual Desire
- 1. Gendering Desire
- pp. 3-23
- II. In Our Dreams: Sexual Fantasy and Sexual Representation
- 4. Pornography and Male Sexuality
- pp. 65-95
- III. From Fantasy to Reality: Sexual Identity and Sexual Behavior
- IV. Sex and Violence
- 13. The Unnatural History of Rape
- pp. 217-226
- References
- pp. 241-264
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791483886
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
62734984
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No