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Sto caricando le informazioni... America unzipped : in search of sex and satisfaction (originale 2008; edizione 2008)di Brian Alexander
Informazioni sull'operaAmerica Unzipped: In Search of Sex and Satisfaction di Brian Alexander (2008)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The sociology of sex in America. The author writes a sex column for MSNBC, and based on letters he receives, sets off across the country to explore what he calls the mainstreaming of what in the past would have been thought of as deviant behavior. He sets up a dichotomy between the rise of the religious right vs. the opening of the American mind vis a vis sexuality. Interesting at first, the point gets belabored beyond belief. By the end, I'm bored as he discusses visiting a fetish convention. Yawn. ( ) Alexander's goal with this book was to explore current fringe sexual practices in the US with an open, journalistic mind. I think he failed to remain objective, and his disdain and superiority color his reportage in a fashion I found to be smarmy. The author's tone was so annoying it was a real challenge for me to finish this book. He was raised Catholic and felt compelled to mention this many, many times- usually in the context of "we never heard of this sort of thing in my church, growing up". He also gave little asides which communicated his supercilious attitude all too clearly. There was one entire chapter which consisted of moaning transcribed in all caps- pages and pages of "AAAAHHHHH OOOOHHH" and so on- excruciating. Give it a miss. Alexander is at his best when narrating his investigations, at his worst when trying to make sense out of things, but does make the good point that the private version of America's sexuality is a lot less constrained than the public version, and that most folks are content to let the public version remain the official one--for lots of different reasons. A very interesting voyage through today's outlook sexually on what is "normal" and what is "kink". This man visits a porn palace, a kink convention, a passion party, a christian sex conference, and others. A great sociological study on what is widely considered kinky, but everyone has some kink in them. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Welcome to the America we don't usually talk about. As journalist Alexander uncovers, fringe experimentation has gone suburban--soccer moms, your accountant, even your own parents could be turning kinky. Stunned by the uninhibited questions from ordinary people on his msnbc.com column, "Sexploration," Alexander was driven to understand Americans' desire to get down and dirty--especially in an era where conservative family values dominate. To find out what people are really doing, he set out on a sexual safari. Whether mixing it up at a convention of fetishists, struggling into his own pair of PVC pants for a wild night at a sex club, being tutored on sex toys by a nineteen-year-old supervisor while working in an adult store, or learning the surprising ways of Biblical sex from an evangelical preacher, Alexander uses humor and insight to reveal a sexual world that is quickly redefining the phrase "polite society."--From publisher description. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)306.770973Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Relations between the sexes, sexualities, love Practices Biography & History North AmericaClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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