Snowflakes and Snowdrifts: Individualism and Sexuality in AmericaUniversity Press of America, 1986 - 282 páginas This study examines the tension between individualistic values and sex-related expectations in American society and analyzes their impact on many aspects of sexuality in America. Contents: A Society of Individuals; Masculinity and the Main Chance; Invisible Woman; Hypermasculinity; Hypomasculinity; The Spectre of Homosexuality; On Being Gay in a 'Straight' Society; Assimilation versus Pluralism; Transforming Sex-Related Categories; Repudiating Sex-Related Categories; and Confronting an Unliberated World. |
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A Society of Individuals | 7 |
Masculinity and the Main Chance | 27 |
Invisible Woman | 49 |
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Snowflakes and Snowdrifts: Individualism and Sexuality in America David Bertelson Vista de fragmentos - 1986 |
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