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 12
... female role . . . . In sum , one can explain the generally negative attitude toward homosexuality by the fact that every viable society evolved an institutional system fos- tering durable sexual unions between men and women and a ...
... female role . . . . In sum , one can explain the generally negative attitude toward homosexuality by the fact that every viable society evolved an institutional system fos- tering durable sexual unions between men and women and a ...
Page 16
... female prostitutes provided sexual outlets to middle - class men in Victorian England.38 His explanation cannot account for the neglect of lesbianism in English law ( which criminalized only male homosexual acts ) . If the male sexual ...
... female prostitutes provided sexual outlets to middle - class men in Victorian England.38 His explanation cannot account for the neglect of lesbianism in English law ( which criminalized only male homosexual acts ) . If the male sexual ...
Page 30
... female gender identity , as would be expected if castration anxiety were the critical factor . Westermarck attributed the pederasty he observed in the northern re- gions of Morocco to the scarcity of sexually available women , who were ...
... female gender identity , as would be expected if castration anxiety were the critical factor . Westermarck attributed the pederasty he observed in the northern re- gions of Morocco to the scarcity of sexually available women , who were ...
Page 31
... female prostitutes are readily available to the men of the Swat Pukhtun of Northwest Pakistan , but they consider the most satisfying form of sexual gratification to be anal intercourse with a bedagh ( passive male partner ) . Although ...
... female prostitutes are readily available to the men of the Swat Pukhtun of Northwest Pakistan , but they consider the most satisfying form of sexual gratification to be anal intercourse with a bedagh ( passive male partner ) . Although ...
Page 32
... female genitalia and make men menstruate . Hage argues that the prac- tice reflects the symmetry of social organization of these two tribes , whose clans compose two mutually exclusive , exogamous moieties . These rituals , Hage argues ...
... female genitalia and make men menstruate . Hage argues that the prac- tice reflects the symmetry of social organization of these two tribes , whose clans compose two mutually exclusive , exogamous moieties . These rituals , Hage argues ...
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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