Beyond monogamy : recent studies of sexual alternatives in marriage / edited and with an introductory essay by James R. Smith and Lynn G. Smith.

Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1974]

xi, 336 pages ; 23 cm

pt. 1. Preliminary analysis: orientations and perspectives: Sexuality in a zero growth society / Alex Comfort -- Open marriage: a conceptual framework / Nena O'Neill and George O'Neill -- The sociology of mate swapping / Duane Denfeld and Michael Gordon -- Co-marital sex: the incorporation of extramarital sex into the marriage relationship / Lynn G. Smith and James R. Smith -- Emerging patterns of innovative behavior in marriage / James W. Ramey -- Infidelity: some moral and social issues / Jessie Bernard -- The emergence of middle-class deviant subcultures: the case of swingers / Mary Lindenstein Walshok -- Group marriage: a possible alternative? / Albert Ellis -- pt. 2. Preliminary research: findings and interpretations: Group sex among the mid-Americans / Gilbert D. Bartell -- Co-marital sex and the sexual freedom movement / James R. Smith and Lynn G. Smith -- Communes, group marriage, and the upper-middle class / James W. Ramey -- Sexual liberality and personality: a pilot study / Jon Twichell -- An exploratory study of spouse swapping / Charles A. Varni -- Dropouts from swinging: the marriage counselor as informant / Duane Denfeld -- Sexual aspects of multilateral relations / Larry L. Constantine and Joan M. Constantine -- Sexual deviance and social networks: a study of social, family, and marital interaction patterns among co-marital sex participants / Brian G. Gilmartin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.