Shameless: Sexual Dissidence in American Culture

by Arlene Stein

Book Overview

Shame, a powerful emotion, leads individuals to feel vulnerable, victimized, rejected. In Shameless, noted scholar and writer Arlene Stein explores American culture's attitudes toward shame and sexuality.
Some say that we live in a world without shame. But American culture is a curious mix of the shameless and the shamers, a seemingly endless parade of Pamela Andersons and Jerry Falwells strutting their stuff and wagging their fingers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814740286
• ISBN13: 9780814740286
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"