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"An Interpretation of Desire" offers a bracing collection of major
essays by John Gagnon, one of the leading and most inspiring
figures in sexual research. Spanning his work from the 1970s, when
he explored the idea that sexuality is mediated through social
processes and categories--thus paving the way for Foucault--and
then extending through his turn to issues of desire during the
1990s, these essays constitute an essential entree to the study of
sexuality in the twentieth century.
Gagnon may be best known as the coauthor of "Sexual Conduct"--a
book that introduced the seminal concept of sexual scripting--and
as one of the coauthors of "The Social Organization of Sexuality,"
a foundational work that is widely considered to be the most
important study of human sexual behavior since the Kinsey report.
The essays collected here first trace the influence of scripting
theory on Gagnon, outlining the radical departure he took from the
dominant biological and psychiatric models of sex research. The
volume then turns to more recent essays that consider such vexed
issues as homosexuality, the theories of Sigmund Freud, HIV,
hazardous sex, and the social aspects of sexually transmitted
diseases.
This book is a collection of biography, history, folklore,
religion, work, yarns, character, superstition, grit, bravery, and
humor.
"An Interpretation of Desire" offers a bracing collection of major
essays by John Gagnon, one of the leading and most inspiring
figures in sexual research. Spanning his work from the 1970s, when
he explored the idea that sexuality is mediated through social
processes and categories--thus paving the way for Foucault--and
then extending through his turn to issues of desire during the
1990s, these essays constitute an essential entree to the study of
sexuality in the twentieth century.
Gagnon may be best known as the coauthor of "Sexual Conduct"--a
book that introduced the seminal concept of sexual scripting--and
as one of the coauthors of "The Social Organization of Sexuality,"
a foundational work that is widely considered to be the most
important study of human sexual behavior since the Kinsey report.
The essays collected here first trace the influence of scripting
theory on Gagnon, outlining the radical departure he took from the
dominant biological and psychiatric models of sex research. The
volume then turns to more recent essays that consider such vexed
issues as homosexuality, the theories of Sigmund Freud, HIV,
hazardous sex, and the social aspects of sexually transmitted
diseases.
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