First Trade Paperback Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Pictorial Wraps. The Book Has Minor Wear And The Corners Are Starting To Curl. Crease To The Upper Back Corner.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Sexy Origins and Intimate Things: The Rites and Rituals of Straights, Gays, Bis, Drags, Trans, Virgins, and Others

Publisher

Penguin Books, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

0140271449

ISBN 13

9780140271447

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Good +

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Synopsis

A compendium of facts about sex reveals the origins of words, practices, and taboos, and discusses topics ranging from history's first love poem to the earliest known sex-change operation

Review

Conservatives complain that the contemporary world is obsessed with sex. It is true that during the past 100 years Western societies have broadened the permissible limits of openness in discussing sexuality. Yet with all of this freedom, the origins of much sexual language, folklore, and rituals are unknown. Not any more. Charles Panati's Sexy Origins and Intimate Things is a grab bag of cultural, sexual trivia that makes for compulsive reading and retelling. What are the origins of the words queer, fairy, faggot, and dyke? Who invented the bra and the corset? How did the common rituals surrounding marriage, sexual activity, circumcision, and birth come about? Which males throughout history had large penises? Well, not all of them, but Panati does manages to come up with a few surprising names. Hardly science and not really sociology, Sexy Origins and Intimate Things will fully equip you to chat your way through your next 50 dinner parties.

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