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 6
... legislation barring midwives from delivering babies.11 Clashes among groups can occur over moral values as well as over con- flicting interests . As long as a group thinks that its moral code applies only to itself , it will make no ...
... legislation barring midwives from delivering babies.11 Clashes among groups can occur over moral values as well as over con- flicting interests . As long as a group thinks that its moral code applies only to itself , it will make no ...
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... legislative acts . The studies have differed in the groups found to be responsible for the legislation and the motives ascribed to them . Chambliss attributed fourteenth - century English vagrancy legisla- tion to landlords who wanted ...
... legislative acts . The studies have differed in the groups found to be responsible for the legislation and the motives ascribed to them . Chambliss attributed fourteenth - century English vagrancy legisla- tion to landlords who wanted ...
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... legislation against male homosexuality considerably beyond the prohibition against anal intercourse in earlier En- glish law . Fernbach's reasoning is problematic for a number of reasons . First , it leaves earlier measures against ...
... legislation against male homosexuality considerably beyond the prohibition against anal intercourse in earlier En- glish law . Fernbach's reasoning is problematic for a number of reasons . First , it leaves earlier measures against ...
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... legislation . The most plausible answer is that she didn't . A very different argument has been advanced by John Boswell , who points out that rural communities are culturally more homogeneous than cities . Lacking exposure to different ...
... legislation . The most plausible answer is that she didn't . A very different argument has been advanced by John Boswell , who points out that rural communities are culturally more homogeneous than cities . Lacking exposure to different ...
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... legislative acts , while ignoring the backdrop of sentiment against which legislation takes place and which must be taken into account if informal methods of social control , such as ridicule and social ostracism , are to be understood ...
... legislative acts , while ignoring the backdrop of sentiment against which legislation takes place and which must be taken into account if informal methods of social control , such as ridicule and social ostracism , are to be understood ...
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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