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 |
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... Boswell ( 1980 ) subtitled his study of early Christian responses to homosexuality , Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Four- teenth Century . J. N. Katz ( 1976 ) entitled his anthology , Gay ...
... Boswell ( 1980 ) subtitled his study of early Christian responses to homosexuality , Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Four- teenth Century . J. N. Katz ( 1976 ) entitled his anthology , Gay ...
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... ( Boswell , 1980 : 172–73 ) . Most historians be- lieve that charges of sodomy were brought against the medieval Knights Templar as a pretext for the suppression of the order and the seizure of its enormous wealth . The furor over an ...
... ( Boswell , 1980 : 172–73 ) . Most historians be- lieve that charges of sodomy were brought against the medieval Knights Templar as a pretext for the suppression of the order and the seizure of its enormous wealth . The furor over an ...
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... Boswell to argue that the waxing and waning of repression in Europe from the Roman Empire to the high Middle Ages can be explained by the rise and decline of city life.39 Boswell's thesis receives support from contemporary survey ...
... Boswell to argue that the waxing and waning of repression in Europe from the Roman Empire to the high Middle Ages can be explained by the rise and decline of city life.39 Boswell's thesis receives support from contemporary survey ...
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... Boswell's argument . He assumes that homosexuality is found in only a minority of the population , that people can be divided more or less neatly into homo- sexuals and heterosexuals , and that this distinction is meaningful in earlier ...
... Boswell's argument . He assumes that homosexuality is found in only a minority of the population , that people can be divided more or less neatly into homo- sexuals and heterosexuals , and that this distinction is meaningful in earlier ...
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Contents
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Part II The Construction of Modern Homosexuality | 299 |
Under the Sign of Sociology | 482 |
References | 501 |
Index | 615 |
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