Celibacy, Culture, and Society
The Anthropology of Sexual Abstinence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11087488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sally L Kitch (0000-0001-8756-5810, corresponding author), E J Sobo (0000-0002-7711-9873), Bell (0000-0002-3022-9864), Sandra Bell |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3089412 |
| OpenAlex | W1995069297 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
This work is a cross-cultural inquiry into the practice of celibacy around the world and through the ages, among groups as diverse as: Kenyan villagers; US prisoners; Mazatec shamans; Buddhist nuns and monks; Shaker Church members; and anorexic women. The examples of celibacy described illustrate the complex relationship between human sexuality and its particular sociocultural context. Ideas about the body, gender, family, work, religion, health, and other dimensions of life come sharply into focus as the contributors examine many practices and institutions surrounding sexual abstinence. They show that, though celibacy is certainly sometimes a punishment or a deliberate ritual abstinence, it also serves many other social and material functions and in some cases contributes to kin-group survival and well-being
Abstinence · Celibacy · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Research methodology · Sexual abstinence · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Sex work and related issues
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Children in New Religious Movements
Responses to warnings about the impact of eating disorders on fertility
Tales from the Land of Magic Plants
The Contest of Moralities
Research on Hindu Women's Renunciation Today
Psychosocial Correlates of Religious Approaches to Same-Sex Attraction
The Decision to Remain in an Involuntarily Celibate Relationship
The cognitive origin and cultural evolution of taboos in human societies
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Asexual Resonances
The missing marriage
Ideas of Transgression and Buddhist Monks
Aging Respectably by Rejecting Medicalization
The Body-Mind Challenge
Transgenderism, Othering and Third Way Buddhist Monasticism in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Neither ‘incel’ nor ‘volcel’
Feminisation of Ascetic Celibacy in Haridwar
"Making Medicine" withSalvia divinorum
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |