Friday, October 9 2009
Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885-1940 by Chad Heap
If you want to understand race and sexuality in the United States, don't bother with policy -- look at entertainment!
Thursday, September 17 2009
When Gay People Get Married by M.V. Lee Badgett
M.V. Lee Badgett examines the question of the personal and societal effects of gay marriage by looking at the experience of the Netherlands, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2001.
Tuesday, May 26 2009
Masters of Sex by Thomas Maier
Virginia Johnson, who helped revolutionize sexology without ever earning so much as a bachelor’s degree, is a perplexing, enigmatic figure.
Thursday, May 21 2009
How Sex Works by Sharon Moalem
Moalem writes about intercourse and sexuality in a candid, inviting way for a change, bridging the gap between the scientist and the layperson, reinvigorating the learning process (and the bedroom) once again.
Tuesday, April 28 2009
Licentious Gotham by Donna Dennis
The book is not necessarily a history of erotic publishing as much as the history of erotic publishing’s clash with the law.
Monday, April 13 2009
Wetlands by Charlotte Roche
For all its abundant sexual frankness, the novel’s primary focus is not on the erotic, but on the scatological.
