1st Edition

Bisexuality: A Critical Reader

Edited By Merl Storr Copyright 1999
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Henry Havelock Ellis: Extracts from 'Studies in the Pyschology of Sex' Volume 1, Sigmund Freud: Extract from 'Three essays on the Theory of Sexuality' Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy and Clyde E. Martin: Extracts from 'Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male' Marjorie Garber: Extracts from 'Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday' Helene Cixous: Extract from 'The Laugh of the Medusa'.

    Biography

    Merl Storr