The Construction of HomosexualityUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008 M10 29 - 645 pages "At various times, homosexuality has been considered the noblest of loves, a horrible sin, a psychological condition or grounds for torture and execution. David F. Greenberg's careful, encyclopedic and important new book argues that homosexuality is only deviant because society has constructed, or defined, it as deviant. The book takes us over vast terrains of example and detail in the history of homosexuality."—Nicholas B. Dirks, New York Times Book Review |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page x
... American Journal of Sociology 88 ( 1982 ) : 515–49 ( with Marcia H. Bystryn ) , by permission of American Jour- nal of Sociology . " Capitalism , Bureaucracy and Male Homosexuality , " Contemporary Cri- ses : Crime , Law and Social ...
... American Journal of Sociology 88 ( 1982 ) : 515–49 ( with Marcia H. Bystryn ) , by permission of American Jour- nal of Sociology . " Capitalism , Bureaucracy and Male Homosexuality , " Contemporary Cri- ses : Crime , Law and Social ...
Page 26
... Americans . Material on homosexuality in Europe and the ancient Near East will be considered in later chapters , to ... American Indians ( Foster , 1985 ) . ' Humphreys ( 1970 ) has criticized this terminology , pointing out that the ...
... Americans . Material on homosexuality in Europe and the ancient Near East will be considered in later chapters , to ... American Indians ( Foster , 1985 ) . ' Humphreys ( 1970 ) has criticized this terminology , pointing out that the ...
Page 40
... America . The North American Berdache The Spanish and French explorers and missionaries who visited the New World quickly became aware of Indian men who dressed as women and engaged in homosexual relations . Father Charlevoix found the ...
... America . The North American Berdache The Spanish and French explorers and missionaries who visited the New World quickly became aware of Indian men who dressed as women and engaged in homosexual relations . Father Charlevoix found the ...
Page 45
... American Indian women were on the whole relatively advan- taged . Though not formal equals of men , they had a great deal of auton- omy in carrying out socially necessary tasks and , as a few examples will show , could achieve power ...
... American Indian women were on the whole relatively advan- taged . Though not formal equals of men , they had a great deal of auton- omy in carrying out socially necessary tasks and , as a few examples will show , could achieve power ...
Page 53
... America . 154 These relation- ships did not always involve cross - cousins , as they did among the Santee , the Ojibwa ... American and Melanesian cultures also tolerated or even institu- 153 Landes ( 1968 : 37-38 ) . 154 Landes ( 1937 ) ...
... America . 154 These relation- ships did not always involve cross - cousins , as they did among the Santee , the Ojibwa ... American and Melanesian cultures also tolerated or even institu- 153 Landes ( 1968 : 37-38 ) . 154 Landes ( 1937 ) ...
Contents
1 | |
23 | |
Part II The Construction of Modern Homosexuality | 299 |
Under the Sign of Sociology | 482 |
References | 501 |
Index | 615 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acceptance adult ality American anal anal intercourse argued basis became behavior berdaches Big Namba Boswell boys Bullough bureaucracies castration century B.C. Christian church cities considered court cult prostitution culture developed deviant earlier early effeminacy effeminate engaged England eunuchs evidence explanation father female Freud gender goddess Goodich Greek groups Guinea Havelock Ellis heterosexual homo homophile homosexual acts homosexual relations hostility Indian intercourse involved Karlen Katz king late later legislation lesbian Leviticus live London male homosexuality male prostitutes marriage married masturbation medieval moral mosexuality mother partners pederasty penalty physicians political practices priests prohibition prosecutions punished quoted refer reform relationships religion religious repression response ritual role Roman rules Sambia seidr sexual relations shamans social societies sodomy someone sources status subculture suggests theory tion transgenderal transvestism transvestite tribades University Press wives woman women writings Yahweh York young youths Zoroastrian