Machine generated contents note: pt. I THEORIZING SEX -- Introduction -- 1.Sex, Symbolic Interactionism, and Social Constructionism / Chris Brickell -- 2.Muscle and Blood: Erotic Fantasy in Theory and Practice / Don Kulick -- 3.Stating Desire: Sexuality, the State, and Social Control / Misty Luminais -- 4.Scripting Sexual Practice in Differing Social Contexts: Young Women Negotiating Mothers' Expectations in Hong Kong and Britain / Petula Sik Ying Ho -- 5.Sex as Theater: Action, Character, and the Erotic / Charles Edgley -- pt. II CONSTRUCTING SEXUAL MEANINGS -- Introduction -- 6.Talking Sex: Parents, Schools, and Sexuality / Josephine Ngo McKelvy -- 7.Techno-sexuality: The Sexual Pragmatists of the Technological Age / Dennis D. Waskul -- 8.Painting Desire Pink: Meaning-Making at a Romance Sex Store / Alison Better -- pt. III NEGOTIATING SEXUAL SELFHOOD -- Introduction --

Contents note continued: 9."Somewhere Between Evangelical and Queer": Sexual-Religious Identity Work in a LGBT Christian Church / J. Edward Sumerau -- 10.Negotiating Promiscuity: Straight Edge (sXe), Sex, and the Self / Jamie L. Mullaney -- 11.The Challenges of Identity Formation for Bisexual-Multiracial Women of Asian/White Descent / Beverly Yuen Thompson -- 12."Give Me a Dominant of Any Gender Over Any Kind of Non-Dominant": Sexual Orientation Beyond Gender / Brandy L. Simula -- pt. IV SEX, EMOTION, AND IDENTITY -- Introduction -- 13."Bittersweet" Emotions, Identities, and Sexualities: Insights From a Lesbian Community Space / Clare Forstie -- 14.Not Necessarily Broken: Redefining Success When Polyamorous Relationships End / Elisabeth Sheff -- 15.A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Asexuality / Staci Newmahr -- pt. V SEXUAL STORIES -- Introduction -- 16.The Unfortunate Adventures of a Girl in the Know / Stella Meningkat -- 17.Backroom "Dance" / Ruby Pearson --

Contents note continued: 18.A Conflicted Mind / P. John -- 19.On Confessing One's Kink in a Sexuality Textbook / Tanya Bezreh -- 20.Intersections of Vampirism and Sexuality: A Narrative Description of a Vampire Feeding / D J Williams -- 21.Adjusting the Inner Face / Giselle Ridgeway.