Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis

Informationen zum Autor Michael Kimmel is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University where he also directs the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities. His books include Angry White Men (2012), The Guy's Guide to Feminism (2011), Guyland (2008), Men's Lives (9th edition, 2013), and Manhood in America: A Cultural History (3rd edition, 2011).He is also founder and editor of Men and Masculinities, the field's premier scholarly journal. Christine Milrod, PhD, is a licensed psychotherapist and sexologist whose research includes transgender issues and clients of heterosexual prostitution. She practices sex therapy with emphasis on evolutionary psychology, sexual and (trans)gender identities, and socially constructed gender roles. She has published and edited social science journal articles, and translated fiction, subtitles and sociological writings from Swedish to English. Amanda Kennedy, MA, is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Stony Brook University. Her research and teaching interests include race, gender, sexualities, and embodiment; her research is guided by poststructuralist and postcolonial feminism. Klappentext An A-to-Z encyclopedia devoted to the penis, offering refreshing, thoughtful, and wide-ranging insight into how we have thought about this malleable, meaningful body part over the centuries and across cultures. Zusammenfassung An A-to-Z encyclopedia devoted to the penis! offering refreshing! thoughtful! and wide-ranging insight into how we have thought about this malleable! meaningful body part over the centuries and across cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Alphabetical List of Entries About the Editors and Contributors

Product details

• Authors: Michael Milrod Kimmel
• Assisted by: Amanda Kennedy (Editor), Kennedy Amanda (Editor), Michael Kimmel (Editor), Kimmel Michael (Editor), Christine Milrod (Editor), Milrod Christine (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2014
• EAN: 9780759123120
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-2312-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Reference works, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men