The Sexual Organization of the City
Published on 1. May 2004
Book
Hardback
435 pages
978-0-226-47031-3 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on extensive surveys and interviews with Chicago adults, Edward O. Laumann and his colleagues show that the city is, in the face of pop culture evidence to the contrary, a place where sexual choices and options are constrained. From Wicker Park and Boys Town to the South Side and Pilsen, the editors observe that sexual behavior and partnering are significantly limited by such factors as the neighborhood you live in, your ethnicity, your sexual preference, and the circle of friends to which you belong. In other words, the social and institutional networks that city dwellers occupy potentially limit their sexual options by making different types of sexual activities, relationships, or meeting places less accessible.
Reviews / Votes
"The Sexual Organization of the City is billed as a sort of academic 'Sex in the City' - though one that examines a more diverse slice of metropolitan life. Over three years, sociologist Edward O. Laumann and his colleagues questioned 2,114 people in four Chicago neighborhoods on everything from how many partners they'd had in their lives and where they met them to whether they were cheating.... The result is yet another glimpse of American sexual paradoxes." - Christopher Shea, Boston Globe "You don't have to be David Mamet to know that the typical Chicagoan's intense interest in real estate borders on the sexual. And now comes University of Chicago sociologist Edward O. Laumann to tell us that the reverse is also true: Neighborhoods play a critical role in how we choose partners for brief sexual encounters and long-term engagements." - Stephanie B. Goldberg, Chicago"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 24 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
765 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-47031-3 (9780226470313)
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Edward O. Laumann | Stephen Ellingson | Jenna Mahay
Sexual Organization of the City
E-Book
08/2005
1st Edition
University of Chicago Press
€46.79
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Persons
Edward O. Laumann is the George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is coauthor of The Social Organization of Sexuality and coeditor of Sex, Love, and Health in America, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Stephen Ellingson is assistant professor of sociology at Hamilton College. Jenna Mahay is a postdoctoral fellow in the Population Research Center at the University of Chicago, Anthony Paik is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. Yoosik Youm is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.