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 7
... engaged in the contest.15 This general perspective has informed numerous studies of deviance- defining or normalizing legislative acts . The studies have differed in the groups found to be responsible for the legislation and the motives ...
... engaged in the contest.15 This general perspective has informed numerous studies of deviance- defining or normalizing legislative acts . The studies have differed in the groups found to be responsible for the legislation and the motives ...
Page 17
... engaged in it . It was not confined to the cities , and positive attitudes toward it can be found in writers who lived in the countryside . Thus it is unlikely that homosexuality came to be rejected in late antiquity because of growing ...
... engaged in it . It was not confined to the cities , and positive attitudes toward it can be found in writers who lived in the countryside . Thus it is unlikely that homosexuality came to be rejected in late antiquity because of growing ...
Page 29
... engaged in " unlawful venerie " with one another , 20 age dif- ference may not have been a significant element of the relationship . There are hints of ritualized lesbianism for a few Melanesian cultures , 21 but little detail except ...
... engaged in " unlawful venerie " with one another , 20 age dif- ference may not have been a significant element of the relationship . There are hints of ritualized lesbianism for a few Melanesian cultures , 21 but little detail except ...
Page 36
... engaged to a girl when she is born and then have to wait years until she is old enough to marry . In the interim , he may take the girl's older brother as a substitute wife , greas- ing his body , and having sexual relations with him ...
... engaged to a girl when she is born and then have to wait years until she is old enough to marry . In the interim , he may take the girl's older brother as a substitute wife , greas- ing his body , and having sexual relations with him ...
Page 40
... engaged in homosexual relations . Father Charlevoix found the Iroquois to have an excess of effeminacy and lewdness . There are men unashamed to wear women's clothing and to practice all the occupations of women , from which follows ...
... engaged in homosexual relations . Father Charlevoix found the Iroquois to have an excess of effeminacy and lewdness . There are men unashamed to wear women's clothing and to practice all the occupations of women , from which follows ...
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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