Bisexuality: A Critical Reader

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Merl Storr
Psychology Press, 1999 - Literary Criticism - 230 pages

Bisexuality: A Critical Reader presents the essential primary texts on bisexuality from the last 100 years in an easy-to-read format. Exploring this often controversial concept from a range of perspectives, this book places bisexuality in its historical and cultural context and explores its many meanings and uses. Merl Storr's introductions give a straightforward overview of the texts included and sets them clearly in the context of debates on bisexuality.
This collection includes pieces by:
* Henry Havelock Ellis
* Sigmund Freud
* Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy and Clyde E. Martin
* and Hélèn Cixous.

 

Contents

PART II
11
PART I
13
Extracts from BiSexual Love
28
Notes on the Kinsey Scale
49
Bisexual identity and bisexual behaviour
57
Mexican Male Bisexuality 1985
75
Extracts from Women and Bisexuality
100
Extracts from Activating Bisexuality
119
Extracts from Vice Versa
138
Extract from Queer Ethics
152
Extract from A Comment
162
Extract from The Laugh of
189
Bibliography
211
Index
224
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