International Encyclopedia of Sexuality

Volume 4

Dr. Robert T. Francoeur (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

712 Seiten

2001
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-8264-1274-4 (ISBN)

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Volume 4 of this work presents significant updates on the 32 countries covered previously. It is written by 65 specialist in sexology, psychology, anthropology, sociology, the law, and HIV/AIDS research. It covers 20 countries, places, regions and/or ethnic groups not included in Volumes 1-3.

This volume is an essential supplement to the most ambitious and comprehensive cross-cultural sex survey ever undertaken, in any language or any part of the world. The four volumes of The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality now summarize the sexual behavior patterns of 50 countries.Written by 60 leading sexologists and experts in the respective countries and cultures, each lengthy entry of Volume 4 explores areas such as heterosexual relationships, children, adolescents, adults, gender-conflicted persons, unconventional sexual patterns, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, sexual dysfunctions, and therapies. It also includes discussions of sexual issues for older persons as well as physically and mentally challenged individuals. The new countries covered include: Austria, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Portugal, Turkey, and Vietnam. As noted, the work also presents significant updates, by some 20 specialists, of the countries covered in Volumes 1 through 3--originally published in 1997--which take readers into the new millennium.This eagerly awaited Volume 4 to The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality makes this entire set an even more indispensable reference work for sexologists, psychotherapists, anthropologists, and anyone involved in cross-cultural studies.

Dr. Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., specializes in the areas of sex in outer space, the use of surrogates in sex therapy, sex and the future of the Internet, and the issue of sex negativity in U.S. culture. He produces the Web site SexQuest.com and teaches at the Fashion Institute of Technology of the State University of New York. Robert T. Francoeur, Ph.D., is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and Professor Emeritus of Human Sexuality and Embryology, Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is the author or editor of many books, including a study of Pierre Teihard de Chardin, The Scent of Eros, and (as co-editor), The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality.

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	1160 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-8264-1274-2 / 0826412742
ISBN-13	978-0-8264-1274-4 / 9780826412744
Zustand	Neuware