The theme of this collection of photographs by a wide variety of leading Soviet camera artists is the depiction of the female body. The compilation makes it possible to trace the evolution of approa ches to the female body in Soviet photography of the Stalin period, from the so-called nude mode of the 1920s to the official shots of Soviet.

The profound erotic world of Africa is revealed in this book through art, religion, and anthropology, as well as through tales from travelers who spent time in Africa, including Sir Richard Burton. The ancient roots of African erotica are explored, revealing stories of the Queen of Sheba, King Solomon, and many others.

Throughout his exploration of some of the wildest collections in the world, Nicholson's discussion of collecting as an expression of self and psychology goes hand in hand with his gleeful discovery of the seventh giant phallus used in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, Hitler's creepily erotic personalized bookplate, and a woman who has a plaster cast of Jimi Hendrix's penis. Sex Collectors is a winning story of one man's attempt to collect collectors, to reveal the neuroses that drive some people to collect, and to have good, dirty, high-minded fun while doing it.

We have a habit of talking about sex as merely physical, and yet nothing has more soul. Sex takes us into a world of intense passions, sensual touch, exciting fantasies, many levels of meaning, and subtle emotions. It makes the imagination come alive with fantasy, reverie, and memory Even if the sex is loveless, empty, or manipulative, still it has strong repercussions in the soul, and even bad sexual experiences leave lasting, haunting impressions.

From figurines to photographs, each of these 36 pieces of erotic art (from the eponymously titled exhibit sponsored jointly by the Kinsey Institute and the Indiana University School of Fine Arts) is accompanied by brief essays concerning historical and cultural backgrounds and aesthetic commentary.