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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... homo- sexuality deviant . Whether or not these beliefs are true is beside the point . Were social responses to behavior governed entirely by its objective fea- tures , this way of looking at deviance would gain us little . Whether we ...
... homo- sexuality deviant . Whether or not these beliefs are true is beside the point . Were social responses to behavior governed entirely by its objective fea- tures , this way of looking at deviance would gain us little . Whether we ...
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... homo- sexuality is conceptualized . It is not merely that some societies are more accepting than others ; it is that the kinds of sexual acts it is thought pos- sible to perform , and the social identities that come to be attached to ...
... homo- sexuality is conceptualized . It is not merely that some societies are more accepting than others ; it is that the kinds of sexual acts it is thought pos- sible to perform , and the social identities that come to be attached to ...
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... homo- sexuals and heterosexuals , and that this distinction is meaningful in earlier periods of history . As subsequent chapters demonstrate , however , there are some societies in which homosexuality is not restricted to a minority ...
... homo- sexuals and heterosexuals , and that this distinction is meaningful in earlier periods of history . As subsequent chapters demonstrate , however , there are some societies in which homosexuality is not restricted to a minority ...
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... homo- sexuality ( M. R. Allen , 1984 ) . 44 " The Austronesian language family is also called Malayo - Polynesian . Most New Guinea languages are classified as non - Austronesian or Papuan , but they are not all members of a single ...
... homo- sexuality ( M. R. Allen , 1984 ) . 44 " The Austronesian language family is also called Malayo - Polynesian . Most New Guinea languages are classified as non - Austronesian or Papuan , but they are not all members of a single ...
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... Homo- sexual relations are found , then , where they are most needed to solidify male power against challenges from women . They function to reproduce male - dominated gender relations where they are shaky . 52 Lindenbaum has called ...
... Homo- sexual relations are found , then , where they are most needed to solidify male power against challenges from women . They function to reproduce male - dominated gender relations where they are shaky . 52 Lindenbaum has called ...
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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