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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... heterosexual history which rarely if ever mentioned us . " Boswell ( 1980 ) subtitled his study of early Christian responses to homosexuality , Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Four- teenth ...
... heterosexual history which rarely if ever mentioned us . " Boswell ( 1980 ) subtitled his study of early Christian responses to homosexuality , Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Four- teenth ...
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... heterosexual intercourse has until recently been a prerequisite to bio- logical reproduction . In the absence of a taboo against homosexuality , one might reason , the human species would have died out . The taboo was thus an ...
... heterosexual intercourse has until recently been a prerequisite to bio- logical reproduction . In the absence of a taboo against homosexuality , one might reason , the human species would have died out . The taboo was thus an ...
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... heterosexual relations . Although some few men never marry , most do , and eventually become exclusively heterosexual . 15 The mode of intercourse varies from tribe to tribe . It is oral among the Kuks , Tchetchai , Sambia , Etoro , and ...
... heterosexual relations . Although some few men never marry , most do , and eventually become exclusively heterosexual . 15 The mode of intercourse varies from tribe to tribe . It is oral among the Kuks , Tchetchai , Sambia , Etoro , and ...
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... heterosexual intercourse is considered physically debilitating to men : it depletes their vitality . Were a man to give all his semen to a woman , she would grow too strong and dominate him . The entire cluster of homosex- ual beliefs ...
... heterosexual intercourse is considered physically debilitating to men : it depletes their vitality . Were a man to give all his semen to a woman , she would grow too strong and dominate him . The entire cluster of homosex- ual beliefs ...
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... heterosexual intercourse , African Mossi chiefs indulge in pederasty.28 Polygamy among the Dahomeyans leads to a severe shortage of women , resulting , according to Gorer , in " serious sexual perversions . " 29 Yet this explanation can ...
... heterosexual intercourse , African Mossi chiefs indulge in pederasty.28 Polygamy among the Dahomeyans leads to a severe shortage of women , resulting , according to Gorer , in " serious sexual perversions . " 29 Yet this explanation can ...
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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