THE COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF SEXOLOGY: New Expanded Edition

Francoeur, Robert T. (editor-in-chief), with Martha Cornog, Timothy Perper, and Norman A. Scherzer

ISBN 10: 0826406726 / ISBN 13: 9780826406729

Published by Continuum, New York, 1995

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xix+790pp., appendices, contrib. notes. With detailed definitions of more than 6,000 sexually-related terms current in the social and psychological sciences, biology, medicine, religion, and the law, THE COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF SEXOLOGY is the most comprehensive one-volume dictionary of sexuality yet compiled. Entries offer insights into contemporary technical terms and cross-references allow easy checking of related issues. Included are biographies, court cases, literature, words from other cultures, historical information, slang, and theories. There are appendices on philias and paraphilias, phobias and sexual anxieties, U.S Supreme Court decisions, and an anatomical atlas. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF SEXOLOGY: New Expanded Edition
• Publisher: Continuum, New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826406726
• ISBN 13: 9780826406729
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

A comprehensive dictionary of sexuality, this work covers 6000 sexually-related terms currently in use in the fields of the social and psychological sciences, biology and medicine, religion and law. Entries, many of which are mini-essays, offer insights into contemporary technical terms and cross-references allow easy checking of related issues. The Dictionary includes historical information, slang and colloquial terms, words imported into English-language use from other cultures, theories, frequent references to published sources, literature and biographies, plus legal cases.