Thomas Laqueur, Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation

Berkeley history professor Thomas Laqueur recently published Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation. Sharon Lintz interviews Laqueur about the book at Nerve. (First question: "So you wrote a big book about jacking off.")

Earlier this month, the Chronicle of Higher Education held a live online colloquy (sort of like a chat session with better spelling) with Laqueur.

Some reviews of Solitary Sex:

• Peter Monaghan, Chronicle of Higher Education
• David Ulin, LA Weekly
• The Economist

(Mar 2003)