| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 418 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-388) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Theory of Sex Markets / Stephen Ellingson, Edward O. Laumann, Anthony Paik, and Jenna Mahay -- The Chicago Health and Social Life Survey Design / Martha Van Haitsma, Anthony Paik, and Edward O. Laumann -- The Structure of Urban Sexual Markets -- Neighborhoods as Sex Markets / Jenna Mahay and Edward O. Laumann -- Race and the Construction of Same-Sex Sex Markets in Four Chicago Neighborhoods / Stephen Ellingson and Kirby Schroeder -- Sexual and Social Consequences of Sexual Marketplaces -- Meeting and Mating over the Life Course / Jenna Mahay and Edward O. Laumann -- The Sex Market and Its Implications for Family Formation / Yoosik Youm and Anthony Paik -- Commitment, Jealousy, and the Quality of Life / Anthony Paik, Edward O. Laumann, and Martha Van Haitsma -- Violence and Sexuality: Examining Intimate-Partner Violence and Forced Sexual Activity / Jennifer Tello Buntin, Zohar Lechtman, and Edward O. Laumann -- Social Networks and Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Yoosik Youm and Edward O. Laumann -- Institutional Responses and Silences -- Constructing Causal Stories and Moral Boundaries: Institutional Approaches to Sexual Problems / Stephen Ellingson -- Religion and the Politics of Sexuality / Steve Ellingson, Martha Van Haitsma, Edward O. Laumann, and Nelson Tebbe -- The Cultural Economy of Urban Sexuality / Stephen Ellingson, Jenna Mahay, Anthony Paik, and Edward O. Laumann. |
| Summary |
Why do sexual partnerships rarely cross racial and ethnic lines? Why do gays have few public meeting spots in certain areas, but a wide variety in others? Why are African Americans less likely to marry? This work considers these and many more questions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sex customs -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Sex customs. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Sexual practices. |
| Added Author |
Laumann, Edward O.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sexual organization of the city. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004 0226470318 (DLC) 2003017586 (OCoLC)52819681 |
| ISBN |
9780226470337 (electronic book) |
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0226470334 (electronic book) |
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0226470318 |
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9780226470313 |
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