Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life
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Pages: Good
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Few figures in twentieth-century America provoked more controversy, fascination, and outright scandal than Alfred C. Kinsey — the mild-mannered zoologist who became the unlikely architect of the sexual revolution. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life chronicles the remarkable and deeply contradictory existence of the man behind the landmark Kinsey Reports, tracing his arc from a repressed, religiously strict upbringing through his transformation into America's most infamous and influential sex researcher, whose 1948 publication Sexual Behavior in the Human Male detonated a cultural bomb that shook the nation to its foundations. James H. Jones, drawing on years of meticulous archival research and exclusive interviews, presents a biography of stunning psychological depth, arguing that Kinsey's obsessive pursuit of sexual data was inseparable from his own intensely private inner life. Jones illuminates the paradox at the heart of Kinsey's legacy — a man who demanded radical openness from others while carefully concealing his own secrets — and in doing so, raises enduring questions about the relationship between a scientist's personal drives and the knowledge they produce. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, this authoritative and absorbing work remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the hidden forces that shaped modern American culture.
Author: James H. Jones
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in twentieth-century America provoked more controversy, fascination, and outright scandal than Alfred C. Kinsey — the mild-mannered zoologist who became the unlikely architect of the sexual revolution. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life chronicles the remarkable and deeply contradictory existence of the man behind the landmark Kinsey Reports, tracing his arc from a repressed, religiously strict upbringing through his transformation into America's most infamous and influential sex researcher, whose 1948 publication Sexual Behavior in the Human Male detonated a cultural bomb that shook the nation to its foundations. James H. Jones, drawing on years of meticulous archival research and exclusive interviews, presents a biography of stunning psychological depth, arguing that Kinsey's obsessive pursuit of sexual data was inseparable from his own intensely private inner life. Jones illuminates the paradox at the heart of Kinsey's legacy — a man who demanded radical openness from others while carefully concealing his own secrets — and in doing so, raises enduring questions about the relationship between a scientist's personal drives and the knowledge they produce. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, this authoritative and absorbing work remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the hidden forces that shaped modern American culture.