Swinging in America - Curtis R. Bergstrand, Jennifer Blevins Sinski

Swinging in America

Love, Sex, and Marriage in the 21st Century
Buch | Hardcover
203 Seiten
2009
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-37966-6 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
Drawing on an extensive survey of real people and over 40 years of research, this revealing volume proposes that a nonmonogamous lifestyle may be healthier for marriages than a monogamous one.

Based on an exhaustive survey into the lives of real people, Swinging in America: Love, Sex, and Marriage in the 21st Century concludes that nonmonogamous relationships such as swinging and polyamory offer a new blueprint for combining sex and love—one that may prove more in line with the way people actually live their lives in our society.



Swinging in America begins with what we know about swingers and the swinging lifestyle, based on personal narratives and over 40 years of sociological research comparing swinging and non-swinging couples on factors such as personal happiness, marital satisfaction, psychological stability, and personal values. The second half of the book explores the historical rise and contemporary decline of monocentrism—the sexually monogamous marriage as the organizing principle underlying our culture—and the implications of this decline for new nonmonogamous relationships and marriages.









Includes data from a national survey, conducted by the authors, of 1100 swingers in the United States



Offers first-person accounts from people in the swinging lifestyle



Provides extensive bibliographies after each chapter documenting sources of information discussed in the text



Lists a comprehensive index of terms and topics

Curtis Bergstrand, PhD, is associate professor and program director of the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Anthropology at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. Jennifer Blevins Sinski MAT, MA was a principle researcher in a 2000 national survey of swingers in the United States.

Introduction
Part I: Swinging in America: The New Monogamy?
1. What Is Swinging?
2. Who Are Swingers?
3. Entering the Lifestyle
4. Personal Effects of Swinging
5. Effects on Marriage
Part II: The Rise and Decline of Monocentrism
6. The Social Construction of Monogamy: The Religious and Economic Narrative
7. The Legal Narrative: Monogamy and the Moral Architecture of the Law
8. Psychological Science and the Therapeutic Narrative
9. Sexuality and Monocentrism: The Heretical Narratives
10. The Social Consequences of Monocentrism
11. Toward a Nonmonocentric Narrative of Love, Sex, and Marriage
Conclusion: Is Nonmonogamy for You?
Notes
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.11.2009
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Partnerschaft / Sexualität
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-313-37966-1 / 0313379661
ISBN-13 978-0-313-37966-6 / 9780313379666
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
psychologische Hilfen bei unerfülltem Kinderwunsch

von Tewes Wischmann; Heike Stammer

Buch | Softcover (2024)
Kohlhammer (Verlag)
29,00
Wie Frauen ihren Asperger-Mann lieben und verstehen

von Eva Daniels

Buch | Softcover (2022)
Trias (Verlag)
22,00