The Classification of Sex: Alfred Kinsey and the Organization of Knowledge

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2014
Author
Author: Donna J. Drucker
Language
English
Number of Pages
244 pp.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
City
Pittsburgh, PA
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Region
United States
Demographics
LGBTQ
Men
Women
Chronological Period
1900-1949
ISBN
9780822963035
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Contents: 

  • Learning the trade, creating a collector
  • The evolution of a taxonomist
  • Teaching life and human sciences
  • Ordering human sexuality
  • The taxonomy and classification of human sexuality
  • The boundaries of sexual categorization