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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Page 27
... boy cannot learn the Koran well un- less a scribe commits pederasty with him . So also an apprentice is supposed to learn ... boys ' initiation rites , and are thus fully in- stitutionalized . Most New Guinea cultures do not have these ...
... boy cannot learn the Koran well un- less a scribe commits pederasty with him . So also an apprentice is supposed to learn ... boys ' initiation rites , and are thus fully in- stitutionalized . Most New Guinea cultures do not have these ...
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David F. Greenberg. until the boy marries . " An Etoro boy's career in homosexuality starts around age ten , when he ... boys engage in homosexual relations for ten to fifteen years , first as fellator , then as fellated . Homosexual ...
David F. Greenberg. until the boy marries . " An Etoro boy's career in homosexuality starts around age ten , when he ... boys engage in homosexual relations for ten to fifteen years , first as fellator , then as fellated . Homosexual ...
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... boys grow by feeding them semen , lactating mothers nourish prepubescent girls who are not their own daughters by offering them their breasts . The Ba- ruya believe that a mother's milk derives from the semen her husband feeds her ...
... boys grow by feeding them semen , lactating mothers nourish prepubescent girls who are not their own daughters by offering them their breasts . The Ba- ruya believe that a mother's milk derives from the semen her husband feeds her ...
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... boys from the Central Asian steppes . Yet the Mamlukes had wives.30 Lower - class women and female prostitutes are readily available to the men of the Swat Pukhtun of Northwest Pakistan , but they consider the most satisfying form of ...
... boys from the Central Asian steppes . Yet the Mamlukes had wives.30 Lower - class women and female prostitutes are readily available to the men of the Swat Pukhtun of Northwest Pakistan , but they consider the most satisfying form of ...
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... boys are encouraged to obtain semen from a number of different men . In some groups ( the Kimam , Marind - Anim ) , semen from 36 Heider ( 1976 , 1979 : 78–79 ) . 37 Oosterval ( 1959 ) . 38 Hage ( 1981 ) . 39 ' A “ big man ” is a leader ...
... boys are encouraged to obtain semen from a number of different men . In some groups ( the Kimam , Marind - Anim ) , semen from 36 Heider ( 1976 , 1979 : 78–79 ) . 37 Oosterval ( 1959 ) . 38 Hage ( 1981 ) . 39 ' A “ big man ” is a leader ...
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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