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Journal of the History of Sexuality 15.3 (2006) 522-524

Books of Critical Interest
Adams, Vincanne, and Stacy Leigh Pigg. Sex in Development: Science, Sexuality, and Morality in Global Perspective. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2006. Pp. 360. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).
Benemann, William. Male–Male Intimacy in Early America: Beyond Romantic Friendships. New York: Haworth/Harrington Park, 2006. Pp. 342. $39.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Brakke, David. Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006. Pp. 322. $49.95 (cloth).
Bronner, Simon J., ed. Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. Pp. 392. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Browning, Don, M. Christian Green, and John Witte, Jr., eds. Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. Pp. 496. $65.00 (cloth).
Campbell, Russell. Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. Pp. 472. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Doyle, Jennifer. Sex Objects: Art and the Dialects of Desire. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. Pp. 224. $60.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Ekins, Richard, and Dave King, eds. Virginia Prince: Pioneer of Transgendering. New York: Haworth/Harrington Park, 2006. Pp. 76. $19.95 (paper).
Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda. With Her Machete in Her Hand: Reading Chicana Lesbians. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. Pp. 263. $50.00 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).
Faraone, Christopher A., and Laura K McClure, eds. Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. Pp. 496. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). [End Page 522]
Freccero, Carla. Queer/Early/Modern. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2006. Pp. 192. $74.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper).
Frueh, Joanna. Swooning Beauty: A Memoir of Pleasure. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2006. Pp. 304. $55.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Gerstner, David A. Manly Arts: Masculinity and Nation in Early American Cinema. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2006. Pp. 336. $79.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Gil, Daniel Juan. Before Intimacy: Asocial Sexuality in Early Modern England. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. Pp. 216. $66.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper).
Guzmán, Manolo. Gay Hegemony/Latino Homosexualities. New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp. 116. $65.00 (cloth).
Horswell, Michael J. Decolonizing the Sodomite: Queer Tropes of Sexuality in Colonial Andean Culture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. Pp. 348. $50.00 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Ibson, John. Picturing Men: A Century of Male Relationships in Everyday American Photography. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Pp. 260. $18.00 (paper).
Jordan, Mark D., ed. Authorizing Marriage? Canon, Tradition, and Critique in the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2006. Pp. 208. $35.00 (cloth).
Kimmel, Michael S. Manhood in America: A Cultural History. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 352. $32.95 (paper).
Kruger, Steven F. The Spectral Jew: Conversion and Embodiment in Medieval Europe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. Pp. 416. $78.00 (cloth); $26.00 (paper).
McCarthy, Barry, and Emily J. McCarthy. Getting It Right This Time: How to Create a Loving and Lasting Marriage. New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp. 224. $16.95 (paper).
Meeker, Martin. Contacts Desired: Gay and Lesbian Communications and Community, 1940s–1970s. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Pp. 320. $75.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper).
Micheler, Stefan. Selbstbilder und Fremdbilder der "Anderen": Eine Geschichte Männer begehrender Männer in der Weimarer Republik und der NS-Zeit. Konstanz: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, 2005. Pp. 486. €49.00 (paper).
Plante, Rebecca F. Sexualities in Context: A Social Perspective. Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 2006. Pp. 347. $27.95 (paper).
Rand, Erica. The Ellis Island Snow Globe. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2005. Pp. 360. $79.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Reichert, Jim. In the Company of Men: Representations of Male–Male Sexuality in Meiji Literature. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2006. Pp. 296. $60.00 (cloth). [End Page 523]
Reiss, Ira L. An Insider's View...

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