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
... importance of urban - based immigrants from countries where alcohol consumption was an accepted part of daily life . Humphries found the professionals ( doctors , lawyers ) who participated in the movement to repeal abortion legislation ...
... importance of urban - based immigrants from countries where alcohol consumption was an accepted part of daily life . Humphries found the professionals ( doctors , lawyers ) who participated in the movement to repeal abortion legislation ...
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... important , a " cultural - transmission " theory leaves many questions unanswered . Why did Judaism develop such antagonistic attitudes toward homosexuality ? If the early Christian church . 27 ' Kingsley Davis ( 1961 : 325 , 339 , 341 ) ...
... important , a " cultural - transmission " theory leaves many questions unanswered . Why did Judaism develop such antagonistic attitudes toward homosexuality ? If the early Christian church . 27 ' Kingsley Davis ( 1961 : 325 , 339 , 341 ) ...
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... important sources of information . For much of human history , only a tiny proportion of the population was literate . Written sources typically reflect the concerns of that tiny elite : priests , officeholders , members of the upper ...
... important sources of information . For much of human history , only a tiny proportion of the population was literate . Written sources typically reflect the concerns of that tiny elite : priests , officeholders , members of the upper ...
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... importance that boys be separated from their mothers , and made to identify with their fathers . Homosexual practices help to accomplish this by establishing a lengthy , intense association with an older man , and by investing the ...
... importance that boys be separated from their mothers , and made to identify with their fathers . Homosexual practices help to accomplish this by establishing a lengthy , intense association with an older man , and by investing the ...
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... importance of fighting to that group . " 102 With gender transformation at the core of the berdache role , it may be more fruitful to look at the berdache phenomenon in the larger context of gender . 103 Because rights and privileges in ...
... importance of fighting to that group . " 102 With gender transformation at the core of the berdache role , it may be more fruitful to look at the berdache phenomenon in the larger context of gender . 103 Because rights and privileges in ...
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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