SEX AND HUMOR: Selections for the Kinsey Institute.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. Boards in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very good.
Item #41321
ISBN: 0253340446
4to. ix+155pp., intro., exhibition checklist, biblio., list of contributors. A catalogue to complement "Sex and Humor," a 2002 exhibition of work from the Kinsey Institute's collections presented at the Indiana University School of Fine Arts Gallery. An overview of the extensive collections is included, along with forty-two plates, and a list of more than 165 photos, drawings, prints, novelty items and other items from the exhibition. The book also includes four important scholarly essays dealing with various aspects of sex and humor: "Sex and Humor: A Personal View," by John Bancroft; Humor in the Eight-pagers," by Frank A. Hoffmann; "The Capacity for Outrage: Feminism, Humor, and Sex," by Leonore Tiefer; and "Gershon Legman, Lord of the Lewd," by Mikita Brottman. Plus Carol Tavris and Leonore Tiefer's humorous, mock interview with "Dr. Frieda Tingle, the world's leading expert on sex.."
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