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 ix
... earlier draft . They undoubtedly saved me from many errors . I did not always agree with their comments , but collectively they helped me to produce what I hope is a better book . I am grateful to Mary Jane Ballou , Cynthia Beals , and ...
... earlier draft . They undoubtedly saved me from many errors . I did not always agree with their comments , but collectively they helped me to produce what I hope is a better book . I am grateful to Mary Jane Ballou , Cynthia Beals , and ...
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... earlier En- glish law . Fernbach's reasoning is problematic for a number of reasons . First , it leaves earlier measures against homosexuality unexplained , and makes the questionable assumption that the trend of nineteenth - century ...
... earlier En- glish law . Fernbach's reasoning is problematic for a number of reasons . First , it leaves earlier measures against homosexuality unexplained , and makes the questionable assumption that the trend of nineteenth - century ...
Page 17
... earlier periods of history . As subsequent chapters demonstrate , however , there are some societies in which homosexuality is not restricted to a minority , but is rather extremely common , approaching universality . In Greek or Ro ...
... earlier periods of history . As subsequent chapters demonstrate , however , there are some societies in which homosexuality is not restricted to a minority , but is rather extremely common , approaching universality . In Greek or Ro ...
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... Earlier generations tended to be reticent about sexual matters . Homer does not tell us whether the relationship between Achilles and Patrocles was sexual . The author of 1 Samuel is equally silent about David and Jonathan . The Middle ...
... Earlier generations tended to be reticent about sexual matters . Homer does not tell us whether the relationship between Achilles and Patrocles was sexual . The author of 1 Samuel is equally silent about David and Jonathan . The Middle ...
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... earlier - the cult was in disarray by the time Bateson did his fieldwork ( compare Mead , 1955 : 79 , with Herdt , 1984 ) . Transgenerational male homosexuality is or was found else- where in Melanesia , among the Big Namba of Malekula ...
... earlier - the cult was in disarray by the time Bateson did his fieldwork ( compare Mead , 1955 : 79 , with Herdt , 1984 ) . Transgenerational male homosexuality is or was found else- where in Melanesia , among the Big Namba of Malekula ...
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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