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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... CULTURAL TRANSMISSION A number of scholars have maintained that Western societies have been far more repressive toward homosexuality than the indigenous cultures of Asia , Africa , and the Americas . They explain this unique ...
... CULTURAL TRANSMISSION A number of scholars have maintained that Western societies have been far more repressive toward homosexuality than the indigenous cultures of Asia , Africa , and the Americas . They explain this unique ...
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... culture . The existence of these views is what needs to be explained . Psy- choanalytic theory might conceivably explain the transmission of an exist- ing prohibition from one generation to another , and the reasons for its resistance ...
... culture . The existence of these views is what needs to be explained . Psy- choanalytic theory might conceivably explain the transmission of an exist- ing prohibition from one generation to another , and the reasons for its resistance ...
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... culture is not universal to the human species . In some band and tribal societies , homosexual relations occupy a ... cultures for this information , and then examining the patterns statistically . In principle , this approach can be ...
... culture is not universal to the human species . In some band and tribal societies , homosexual relations occupy a ... cultures for this information , and then examining the patterns statistically . In principle , this approach can be ...
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... culture ( Herdt , 1987 ) . 69 Freud ( 1953 ) . Because the father is too remote a figure in the young son's life to constitute a rival , and because he does not discipline the child , the oedipal complex plays no role in this dynamic ...
... culture ( Herdt , 1987 ) . 69 Freud ( 1953 ) . Because the father is too remote a figure in the young son's life to constitute a rival , and because he does not discipline the child , the oedipal complex plays no role in this dynamic ...
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... culture gave to military combat . Though young men were eager to establish reputations as great fighters , they were also afraid of being killed . " Becoming a berdache , it has been argued , was a way of avoiding this risk.99 Once a ...
... culture gave to military combat . Though young men were eager to establish reputations as great fighters , they were also afraid of being killed . " Becoming a berdache , it has been argued , was a way of avoiding this risk.99 Once a ...
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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