How sexual desire works : the enigmatic urge

Title
  1. How sexual desire works : the enigmatic urge / Frederick Toates.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
  2. ©2014
Author
  1. Toates, F. M. (Frederick M.)

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Description
  1. xii, 499 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Sex (Psychology)
  2. Sex
Contents
  1. What is enigmatic about sexual desire? -- Explaining desire: multiple perspectives -- Sexual desire in a broad context -- An incentive-based model -- Sex and levels of organization -- Sexual attraction -- Shades of desire from simple to complex -- Details of the brain and desire -- Arousal -- The consequences of sexual behaviour and associated expectations -- Sexual familiarity and novelty -- Inhibition, conflict and temptation -- How did sexual desire get here? -- Setting the trajectory: link to adult sexuality -- Sexual desire in interaction -- Representations of sex -- Sexual addiction -- Variations in desire: general principles -- Some forms of desire at the fringes -- The toxic fusion: violence and sexual desire -- Sexually associated (serial) murder.
Call number
  1. JFE 14-7993
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 456-486) and index.
Author
  1. Toates, F. M. (Frederick M.)
Title
  1. How sexual desire works : the enigmatic urge / Frederick Toates.
Publisher
  1. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Copyright date
  1. ©2014
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 456-486) and index.
ISBN
  1. 9781107688049 (Paperback)
  2. 1107688043 (Paperback)
  3. 9781107050013 (Hardback)
  4. 1107050014 (Hardback)
Research call number
  1. JFE 14-7993
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