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 3
... interest in someone of his own sex as a " latent homosexual , " but lay people would probably not . Changing sexual typologies and images of persons who engage in acts that we classify as homosexual will be central to our concerns ...
... interest in someone of his own sex as a " latent homosexual , " but lay people would probably not . Changing sexual typologies and images of persons who engage in acts that we classify as homosexual will be central to our concerns ...
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... interests , rarely did so . From time to time , historical treatments of homosexuality did appear , " The extent to which this past is " theirs " is , in fact , very much open to question . Some writers casually assert continuity ; thus ...
... interests , rarely did so . From time to time , historical treatments of homosexuality did appear , " The extent to which this past is " theirs " is , in fact , very much open to question . Some writers casually assert continuity ; thus ...
Page 6
... interests and diverging moral values . In pursuit of its interests , one group may seek to define the activities of another group as deviant . For example , physicians of the late nineteenth century sought to enhance their incomes ...
... interests and diverging moral values . In pursuit of its interests , one group may seek to define the activities of another group as deviant . For example , physicians of the late nineteenth century sought to enhance their incomes ...
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... interests and resists being defined as deviant . It insists that the activities in question are not deviant , but innocuous ... interest , but the relevant groups were government bureaucra- cies , not classes . Gusfield characterized the ...
... interests and resists being defined as deviant . It insists that the activities in question are not deviant , but innocuous ... interest , but the relevant groups were government bureaucra- cies , not classes . Gusfield characterized the ...
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... interest in that the human species has lived in band and tribal social structures for most of its existence . Bands and tribes organize social life primarily on the basis of kinship . Their economies are largely based on some ...
... interest in that the human species has lived in band and tribal social structures for most of its existence . Bands and tribes organize social life primarily on the basis of kinship . Their economies are largely based on some ...
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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