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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... acceptance . In studying social definitions of homosexuality , we extend the concerns of labeling theory into the ... accepting than others ; it is that the kinds of sexual acts it is thought pos- sible to perform , and the social ...
... acceptance . In studying social definitions of homosexuality , we extend the concerns of labeling theory into the ... accepting than others ; it is that the kinds of sexual acts it is thought pos- sible to perform , and the social ...
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... accepting homosexuality are the Aymara , Yahgan , Bahia , Cagaba , eastern Apache , southeastern Salish , northern Saulteaux , Buka - Kurtachi , Mbuti Pygmies , Ila , Kurd , Yugoslavia , Lepcha , western Tibet , and Ashanti . Those with ...
... accepting homosexuality are the Aymara , Yahgan , Bahia , Cagaba , eastern Apache , southeastern Salish , northern Saulteaux , Buka - Kurtachi , Mbuti Pygmies , Ila , Kurd , Yugoslavia , Lepcha , western Tibet , and Ashanti . Those with ...
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... acceptance cannot be taken for granted . People will not accept a new ideology unless it makes sense to them . It needn't be correct , but it must seem to be . Ideologies that fail to integrate and make sense of experience will be ...
... acceptance cannot be taken for granted . People will not accept a new ideology unless it makes sense to them . It needn't be correct , but it must seem to be . Ideologies that fail to integrate and make sense of experience will be ...
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... acceptance , and its relationship to other features of a society by coding a large sample of cultures for this information , and then examining the patterns statistically . In principle , this approach can be 1The first three types were ...
... acceptance , and its relationship to other features of a society by coding a large sample of cultures for this information , and then examining the patterns statistically . In principle , this approach can be 1The first three types were ...
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... acceptance of berdaches , and their homosexual involvements with other men . First , by comparison with New Guinea " homosexual " cultures , Indian male identities do not appear to have been so insecure . Though fathers were sometimes ...
... acceptance of berdaches , and their homosexual involvements with other men . First , by comparison with New Guinea " homosexual " cultures , Indian male identities do not appear to have been so insecure . Though fathers were sometimes ...
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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