An edition of Alfred C. Kinsey (1997)

Alfred C. Kinsey

a public/private life

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An edition of Alfred C. Kinsey (1997)

Alfred C. Kinsey

a public/private life

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In this brilliant, groundbreaking biography, twenty years in the making, James H. Jones presents a moving and even shocking portrait of the man who pierced the veil of reticence surrounding human sexuality. Jones shows that the public image Alfred Kinsey cultivated of disinterested biologist was in fact a carefully crafted public persona. By any measure he was an extraordinary man—and a man with secrets.

Drawing upon never before disclosed facts about Kinsey's childhood, Jones traces the roots of Kinsey's scholarly interest in human sexuality to his tortured upbringing. Between the sexual tensions of the culture and Kinsey's devoutly religious family, Jones depicts Kinsey emerging from childhood with psychological trauma but determined to rescue humanity from the emotional and sexual repression he had suffered. New facts about his marriage, family life, and relationships with students and colleagues enrich this portrait of the complicated, troubled man who transformed the state of public discourse on human sexuality.

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
937

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Cover of: Alfred C. Kinsey
Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life
November 2004, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: Alfred C. Kinsey
Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life
November 2004, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: Alfred C. Kinsey
Alfred C. Kinsey: a public/private life
1997, W.W. Norton
in English - 1st ed.

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New York

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [775]-894) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.7/0973
Library of Congress
HQ18.32.K56 J65 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 937 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
937

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL680928M
Internet Archive
alfredckinseypub00jone
ISBN 10
0393040860
LCCN
97027506
Library Thing
401363
Goodreads
493175

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