Sexology Uncensored
The Documents of Sexual Science
Sexology Uncensored brings together, for the first time,
many of the key documents of the modern science of sexuality that
emerged in the late nineteenth century. The early pioneers of the
new field of sexology examined and classified sexual behaviours,
identities and relations. For years much of the material here has
been "censored" - difficult to obtain, subject to restrictive
circulation, or available only in medical archives. This volume
offers readers access to the primary materials on which
contemporary sexology is founded and, as such, it is an invaluable
record for all those interested in how we have come to think about
sex and sexuality over the last one hundred years.
The extracts in Sociology Uncensored (which date from the
1880s to the 1940s) are organized thematically: gender and sexual
difference; homosexualities; transsexuality and bisexuality;
heterosexuality; marriage and sex manuals; reproductive control;
eugenics; race; and other sexual proclivities.
This book will be essential reading for researchers, teachers
and students interested in the history and study of sex and of
great interest to the general reader.
Acknowledgements.
General Introduction: Lucy Bland and Laura Doan.
Part I: Gender and Sexual Difference.
Part II: Homosexualities.
Part III: Transsexuality and Bisexuality.
Part IV: Heterosexuality, Marriage and Sex Manuals.
Part V: Reproductive Control.
Part VI: Eugenics.
Part VII: Race.
Part VIII: Other Sexual Proclivities.
the late nineteenth and early twentieth century that are the
intellectual source from which many of our late twentieth-century
notions about sex have sprung. These writings also reveal the
terrible anxieties and intense fascinations about sex that our
forefathers harbored and foisted on us. This is an intelligently
-constructed collection that will be useful to the scholar and eye
opening to the general reader." Lillian Faderman, California
State University, Fresno and author of Odd Girls and
Twilight Lovers
"[A] helpful companion volume of extracts." The Times
Literary Supplement
"An impressive array of prominent researchers ... a remarkable
selection of original documents illustrating the essays in
Sexology in Culture - though they are fascinating reading
even in isolation ... Either of these books on its own adds
considerably to our understanding of the production of knowledge
about sexuality, reproduction and race; together they provide an
excellent basis for the study of writing around sex." The
Fawcett Library Newsletter
"The reader gets a rich flavour of source material alongside
incisive critical analysis; a productive combination for student,
academic and general reader." The Times Higher Education
Supplement
University of North London.
Laura Doan is Professor of English at the State University
of New York.