John DeLamater - Handbook of the sociology of sexualities

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John DeLamater

Each of these Handbooks survey the field in a critical manner, evaluating theoretical models in light of the best available empirical evidence. Distinctively sociological approaches are highlighted by means of explicit comparison to perspectives characterizing related disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, and anthropology. These seminal works seek to record where the field has been, to identify its current location and to plot its course for the future.

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Editors

John DeLamater and Rebecca F. Plante

Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities

Editors

John DeLamater

Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Rebecca F. Plante

Department of Sociology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, USA

ISSN 1389-6903

ISBN 978-3-319-17340-5 e-ISBN 978-3-319-17341-2

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-17341-2

Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015940322

Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

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Dedication

We dedicate this Handbook to the scholars and researchers who worked hard, and in some cases, fought, to legitimize the study of sexuality as a topic of sociological inquiry. They created a scientific discourse to supplant the religious and biomedical perspectives that dominated discussion of sexuality until recently. We acknowledge the social, political and economic hardship that some of them endured to lay the essential groundwork for the broad array of scholarship reflected in this volume. We recognize that some contemporary researchers continue to endure social, educational and political harassment for persisting in the study of topics in this field. It is our hope that this collection of superb reviews of scholarship on sexuality will give pause to the critics and facilitate the motivation and work of the next generation of scholars.

John DeLamater

Rebecca F. Plante

Contents

Part I Theories

Part II Methods

Part III Bodies and Sexuality

Part IV Sexualities in Social Context

Part V Sexualities in Institutional Context

Erratum

Index

Contributors

Susannah Bartlow

Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, Marquette University Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Alexis A. Bender

Behavioral and Social Health Outcomes Program (BSHOP), Army Institute of Public Health, US Army Public Health Command (USAPHC), Aberdeen, MD, USA

Amy M. Burdette

Department of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Thea Cacchioni

Department of Womens Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

Laura M. Carpenter

Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

John DeLamater

Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Aaron H. Devor

Sociology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

Susan Dewey

Department of Gender and Womens Studies, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA

Kimi Dominic

Sociology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

Breanne Fahs

Women and Gender Studies Program, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ, USA

Jessica Fields

Sociology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA

Katherine Frank

Department of Sociology, American University, Washington, DC, USA

Justin R. Garcia

The Kinsey Institute & Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

Amin Ghaziani

Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Jen Gilbert

York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Andrew Gorman Murray

School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia

Adam Isaiah Green

Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Carol Haefner

Psychology Department, Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Angelique Harris

Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Terrence D. Hill

School of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Phil Hubbard

School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Amanda M. Jungels

Behavioral and Social Health Outcomes Program (BSHOP), Army Institute of Public Health, US Army Public Health Command (USAPHC), Aberdeen, MD, USA

Amy C. Lodge

Center for Social Work Research, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

Lauren Jade Martin

Sociology Department, Pennsylvania State University, Berks, Reading, PA, USA

Sean G. Massey

Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA

Ann M. Merriwether

Departments of Psychology and Human Development, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA

Michelle Miller

York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Kyl Myers

Department of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Catherine J. Nash

Department of Geography, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

Anthony Paik

Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

Mara Prez-y-Prez

School of Social and Political Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Rebecca F. Plante

Department of Sociology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, USA