Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices
{{Short description|1992 reference book on human sexual practices}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices
| image = EUSP-cover.gif
| author = Brenda Love
| illustrator = Phoebe Gloeckner, Jakub Kalousek, Paul Mavrides, Julie Newdoll
| country = United States of America
| language = English
| subject = Sexuality, paraphilia
| publisher = Barricade Books, Inc.
| release_date = 1992
}}
The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices is a reference book by Brenda Love, first published in 1992, and republished many times.{{cite news |last1=Frymer |first1=Murry |title='Unusual Sex' is of academic interest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/416399848/?terms=%22encyclopedia%2Bof%2Bunusual%2Bsex%2Bpractices%22 |accessdate=10 July 2020 |agency=Knight-Ridder Newspapers |date=November 24, 1992}}
Description
The book describes a huge number of human sexual practices, many of which are either uncommon or regarded as taboo in many cultures. Many of the topics covered are related to paraphilia of various kinds. The book includes over 700 entries and 150 illustrations.
The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices is the only mainstream reference available on many of these topics.{{cite book | title=For sex education, see librarian: a guide to issues and resources | url=https://archive.org/details/forsexeducations00corn | url-access=limited | first1=Martha | last1=Cornog | first2=Timothy | last2=Perper | publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group | year=1996 | isbn=0-313-29022-9 | page=[https://archive.org/details/forsexeducations00corn/page/n199 177] }} It has also been published in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, German and French.
See also
- Human sexuality
- Human sexual behavior
- Paraphilia
- Sexual fetishism
- Cleopatra in popular culture – book credits her with inventing the vibrator
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160326070438/http://www.sexology.it/glossario_sessuologia.html Glossary of clinical sexology (it - en)]
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Category:Encyclopedias of sexuality
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