
American Hookup
The New Culture of Sex on Campus
Lisa Wade(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 13. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-393-35553-6 (ISBN)
Description
The hookup is now part of college life. Yet the drunken encounter we always hear about tells only a fraction of the story. Lisa Wade offers the definitive account of this new sexual culture and demonstrates that the truth is both more heartening and disturbing than we thought. Offering invaluable insights for parents, educators and students, Wade situates hookup culture within the history of sexuality, the evolution of higher education and the unfinished feminist revolution. Using new research, she maps out a challenging emotional landscape marked by unequal pleasures, competition for status and sexual violence. Accessible and open-minded, compassionate and honest, American Hookup explains where we are and how we got there, asking where we go from here.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
246 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-35553-6 (9780393355536)
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01/2017
W. W. Norton & Company
€14.49
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Person
Lisa Wade is an associate professor and researcher at Tulane University with appointments in sociology and gender and sexuality studies. Wade has written more than two dozen research articles and book chapters, and edited and authored four books. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.