With pleasure [[electronic resource] ] : thoughts on the nature of human sexuality / / Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton
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| Autore: |
Abramson Paul R. <1949->
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| Titolo: |
With pleasure [[electronic resource] ] : thoughts on the nature of human sexuality / / Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sex |
| Sexual excitement | |
| Pleasure | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
PinkertonSteven D
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-286) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Sex as Procreation: Is That All There Is?; 3. The Regulation and Marketing of Sexual Pleasure; 4. The Biology of Sexual Pleasure; 5. The Psychology of Sexual Pleasure; 6. AIDS: The End of Pleasure?; 7. Porn: Tempest on a Soapbox; Epilogue: The Future of Sex; Appendix A: Contextual Glossary for Chapter 4; Appendix B: Mathematical Models of HIV Transmission; Notes; References; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This study argues that human sexuality cannot be understood if its significance is limited to reproduction alone. The authors define sexual pleasure as a unifying phenomenon to account for the practices of sexuality. They show that reproduction itself occurs as a by-product of pleasure. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | With pleasure |
| ISBN: | 1-280-44199-2 |
| 9786610441990 | |
| 0-19-535758-2 | |
| 1-4237-4055-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450437403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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