Sexual cultures

communities, values, and intimacy

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Published 1996 by St. Martin"s Press in New York .
Written in

Subjects:

• Sex -- Philosophy.,
• Heterosexuality.,
• Homosexuality.,
• AIDS (Disease),
• Intimacy (Psychology)

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Statement	edited by Jeffrey Weeks and Janet Holland.
Contributions	Weeks, Jeffrey, 1945-, Holland, Janet.
Classifications
LC Classifications	HQ16 .S47 1996
The Physical Object
Pagination	xii, 317 p. ;
Number of Pages	317
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL814212M
ISBN 10	0312160836, 0312160844
LC Control Number	95051523

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