| Nymphomania: A History Contributor(s): Groneman, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393322424 ISBN-13: 9780393322422 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2001 Annotation: This lively and fascinating exploration of nymphomania as organic disease, psychological disorder, legal construct, and locker-room joke takes a look at the surprising, contradictory, and illuminating history of the subject over the last 200 years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Substance Abuse & Addictions - General - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 616.858 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.66" W x 8.38" (0.55 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nymphomania--organic disease, psychological disorder, legal construct, and locker-room joke. Throughout history, it's been all these and more. Today images of sexually available women permeate our culture, and curiosity about nymphomania appears to be as insatiable as the stereotypical nymphomaniac herself. Carol Groneman follows the idea of nymphomania over the last two hundred years, unraveling questions about how much is too much sex for women--and who decides. |
Contributor Bio(s): Groneman, Carol: - Carol Groneman is professor of history at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and co-author of Corporate Ph.D.: The Humanities and Business. She lives in New York. |