The sexual spectacle: Making a public culture of sexual problems

Handbook of Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 521-541

  Edelman, Murray ^a   Plummer, Ken ^b  

^a University of Essex ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412973526.n30     Document Type: Chapter

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