Introduction: John Gagnon and the sexual self / Michael Kimmel
The sexual self in late modernity / Stevi Jackson
Queers, bodies, and postmodern sexualities : a note on revisiting the "sexual" in symbolic interactionism / Ken Plummer
In search of sexual subjectivities : exploring the sociological construction of sexual selves / Rebecca F. Plante
Friendship, sex, and masculinity / Peter M. Nardi
Scripting the sex : fantasy, narrative, and sexual scripts in pornographic films / Jeffrey Escoffier
The social construction of heterosexuality / Pepper Schwartz
Shapes of desire / Arlene Stein
"It's less work for us and it shows us she has good taste" : masculinity, sexual initiation, and contemporary sexual scripts / Shari L. Dworkin and Lucia F. O'Sullivan
Relationship innovation in male couples / Barry D. Adam
Miscommunication and misinterpretations : men's scripts about sexual communication and unwanted sex in interactions with women / David Wyatt Seal, Lucia F. O'Sullivan, and Anke A. Ehrhardt
Sex, intimacy, and family life in the United States / Edward O. Laumann, Jenna Mahay, and Yoosik Youm
Sexual scripting and self-process : intersubjectivity among gay men / David Knapp Whittier and Rita M. Melendez
Sexual development, social oppression, and local culture / Gilbert Herdt
Sexuopharmacology : a fateful new element in sexual scripts / Leonore Tiefer
"The badlands of desire" : sex research, cultural scenarios, and the politics of knowledge production / Steven Epstein
Postscript: The never-ending conversation : two interviews / Gunter Schmidt
John H. Gagnon: selected publications.