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 28
... fathers . As with the Etoro , the ideal partner is the sister's husband , but this is not always pos- sible . Among the Kaluli , the relationship , which begins at age eleven or twelve , lasts only a few months . However , homosexual ...
... fathers . As with the Etoro , the ideal partner is the sister's husband , but this is not always pos- sible . Among the Kaluli , the relationship , which begins at age eleven or twelve , lasts only a few months . However , homosexual ...
Page 30
... father by assuming a feminine identity , thus denying his heterosexuality - and by implication , his love for his ... fathers in the New Guinea cultures that institutionalize homosexuality are not particularly threatening or punitive ...
... father by assuming a feminine identity , thus denying his heterosexuality - and by implication , his love for his ... fathers in the New Guinea cultures that institutionalize homosexuality are not particularly threatening or punitive ...
Page 38
... fathers and their offspring . Postpartum - sex taboos reduce this contact even further . Sambia fathers cannot see their babies for the first six months after birth , and may see them only infrequently during the next six months ...
... fathers and their offspring . Postpartum - sex taboos reduce this contact even further . Sambia fathers cannot see their babies for the first six months after birth , and may see them only infrequently during the next six months ...
Page 39
... 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 . The Marind , however , do show evidence of castration ...
... 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 . The Marind , however , do show evidence of castration ...
Page 40
... 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 corruption that I cannot express ...
... 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 corruption that I cannot express ...
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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