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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... later lost . A psychoanalyst today might refer to someone who has never been aware of sexual interest in someone of his own sex as a " latent homosexual , " but lay people would probably not . Changing sexual typologies and images of ...
... later lost . A psychoanalyst today might refer to someone who has never been aware of sexual interest in someone of his own sex as a " latent homosexual , " but lay people would probably not . Changing sexual typologies and images of ...
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... later date . Social differentiation complicates things . Not everyone engages in the same social practices or is exposed to the same experiences . Many of the differences are patterned : they differ for males and females ; they vary ...
... later date . Social differentiation complicates things . Not everyone engages in the same social practices or is exposed to the same experiences . Many of the differences are patterned : they differ for males and females ; they vary ...
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... later chapters , to facilitate comparison with subsequent developments in those regions . 6 TRANSGENERATIONAL HOMOSEXUALITY 5 In many societies , male homosexual relations are structured by age or gen- eration : the older partner takes ...
... later chapters , to facilitate comparison with subsequent developments in those regions . 6 TRANSGENERATIONAL HOMOSEXUALITY 5 In many societies , male homosexual relations are structured by age or gen- eration : the older partner takes ...
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... later date . It is likely that human bands were small and widely scattered throughout most of the Old Stone Age . We do not know for sure what marriage practices prevailed then , but it is quite possible that they were band - exogamous ...
... later date . It is likely that human bands were small and widely scattered throughout most of the Old Stone Age . We do not know for sure what marriage practices prevailed then , but it is quite possible that they were band - exogamous ...
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... later in life . Myths that show uncertainty of male identification , or anxiety about boys becoming women , indicate that this identification is problematic for Sambian boys . " Because the sexual division of labor is sharp , and men's ...
... later in life . Myths that show uncertainty of male identification , or anxiety about boys becoming women , indicate that this identification is problematic for Sambian boys . " Because the sexual division of labor is sharp , and men's ...
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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