The classification of sex: Alfred Kinsey and the organization of knowledge

"Alfred C. Kinsey's revolutionary studies of human sexual behavior are world-renowned. His meticulous methods of data collection, from comprehensive entomological assemblies to personal sex history interviews, raised the bar for empirical evidence to an entirely new level. In The Classific...

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1. Verfasser: Drucker, Donna J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:"Alfred C. Kinsey's revolutionary studies of human sexual behavior are world-renowned. His meticulous methods of data collection, from comprehensive entomological assemblies to personal sex history interviews, raised the bar for empirical evidence to an entirely new level. In The Classification of Sex, Donna J. Drucker presents an original analysis of Kinsey's scientific career in order to uncover the roots of his research methods. She describes how his enduring interest as an entomologist and biologist in the compilation and organization of mass data sets structured each of his classification projects. As Drucker shows, Kinsey's lifelong mission was to find scientific truth in numbers and through observation-and to record without prejudice in the spirit of a true taxonomist. Kinsey's doctoral work included extensive research of the gall wasp, where he gathered and recorded variations in over six million specimens.
Beschreibung:Learning the trade, creating the collector -- The evolution of a taxonomist -- Teaching life and human sciences -- Ordering human sexuality -- The taxonomy and classification of human sexuality -- The boundaries of sexual categorization
Beschreibung:IX, 244 S. Ill., Kt. 23 cm
ISBN:9780822963035
0822963035

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