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  • The Fate of Gender

    Nature, Nurture, and the Human Future

    Frank Browning takes us into human gender geographies around the world, from gender-neutral kindergartens in Chicago and Oslo to women's masturbation classes in Shanghai, from conservative Catholics in Paris fearful of God and Nature to transsexual Mormon parents in Utah. As he shares specific and engaging human stories, he also elucidates the neuroscience that distinguishes male and female ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Monk and the Skeptic

    Dialogues on Sex, Faith, and Religion

    Through his provocative and influential work, most notably The Culture of Desire and A Queer Geography, Frank Browning has proven himself to be an erudite and intellectual writer with deep insights into the fusion of culture and identity.In his new book The Monk and the Skeptic, Browning examines the intersection of sexuality and religion through the framework of conversations between the author ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Pinky

    Poverty to Prosperity

    Pinky is the story of a young man born into poverty who had a father without ambition to change things, but had a loving, caring mother who struggled to raise twelve children over a 45-year period. Abandoned by her husband, the mother raised six young kids to adulthood, fed and clothed them, and bought a home for them to live in. The young man went on to have a successful police career, served ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • The Culture of Desire

    Paradox and Perversity in Gay Lives Today

    Is there such a thing as an American gay culture--a set of styles, values, and behaviors that arises not from ethnicity or religion but from sexual orientation? How is that culture transmitted? And how is it likely to survive the depradations of homophobia and AIDS? These questions are explored by Browning, a reporter for NPR. ... Read more

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  • A Queer Geography

    Journeys Toward a Sexual Self

    What is the gay identity? Do gay people even exist? The bestselling author of The Culture of Desire journeys into the minds of gay men in America and elsewhere to discover how their lives are shaped by time, nation, and desire. In a brilliant argument, Browning shows how and why the gay movement could have only arisen in America. ... Read more

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  • The Beauty Myth

    How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

    by Naomi Wolf ...
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  • Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

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    From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity

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  • The Elephant in the Brain

    Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

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  • Down to Earth Sociology: 14th Edition

    Introductory Readings, Fourteenth Edition

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