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Article: The Heart and Mind in Human Sexual Behavior.(Review)

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May 1, 1999
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The Heart and Mind in Human Sexual Behavior. By Alan Bell, Ph.D. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1997, xx+388 pages. Hardcover, $35.00.

Reviewed by William Simon, Department of Sociology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-3474.

The Heart and Mind in Human Sexual Behavior advertises itself as revealing a new and deeper truth regarding the meaning of the sexual in the lives of individuals. Unfortunately, little that is offered is particularly new and, for all its heated rhetoric regarding feelings and meanings, it doesn't probe very deeply. At best, this book can be described as better than average in an endless series of middlebrow exercises in pop ...

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