John Dececco: 7 books
A Sea of Stories
The Shaping Power of Narrative in Gay and Lesbian Cultures: A Festschrift for John P. DeCecco
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Take a look at how narrative has shaped gay and lesbian culture
A Sea of Stories: The Shaping Power of Narrative in Gay and Lesbian Cultures: A Festschrift for John P. De Cecco is an unforgettable collection of personal narratives that explores the historical, psychological, and sociological...
If You Seduce a Straight Person, Can You Make Them Gay?
Issues in Biological Essentialism Versus Social Constructionism in Gay and Lesbian Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The debate on whether or not people are born homosexual (biological essentialist theory) or become homosexual during the course of their lives (social constructionist theory) continues as each side claims to prove the truth through research and clinical findings. This breakthrough book shows the fissures...
by John Dececco, Phd, Michael Shively
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This well-documented book highlights some of the theories of bisexual and homosexual identities and their conceptual bases in cultural history, moral philosophy, biology, and social psychology. Some of the most respected minds in the field of human sexuality challenge traditional views on homosexuality...
Gay Men at Midlife
Age Before Beauty
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
“Those of us in our forties and fifties came of age in the 1960s and 1970s--a time when the available commentary on gay life was anything but supportive. Until 1973, homosexuality was a diagnosable mental illness.” --from the Introduction by Alan L. Ellis
Today, that literary blindness...
Gay Personality And Sexual Labeling
Critical Clinical Issues
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Are scientists--who by definition are supposed to be objective and clinical in their theories--actually assuming common cultural prejudices and moral standards when it comes to their research on homosexuality? Some of the best minds in sexual liberation take a hard look at how homosexuality is still...
In Your Face
Stories from the Lives of Queer Youth
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Untold Millions
Secret Truths About Marketing to Gay and Lesbian Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
The first definitive book on researching gay and lesbian market behavior, Untold Millions: The Truth About Gay and Lesbian Consumers in America will help marketers, advertisers, and public relations managers learn how to successfully market and research products for gay and lesbian consumers. Author...