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 15
... marriage to avoid the costs of supporting a wife and children . These costs were especially high because women were excluded from the paid , middle - class sector of the labor market . Fernbach argues that the repression of male ...
... marriage to avoid the costs of supporting a wife and children . These costs were especially high because women were excluded from the paid , middle - class sector of the labor market . Fernbach argues that the repression of male ...
Page 28
... marriage ( though it often ends then ) , but only until men become fathers . As with the Etoro , the ideal partner is the sister's husband , but this is not always pos- sible . Among the Kaluli , the relationship , which begins at age ...
... marriage ( though it often ends then ) , but only until men become fathers . As with the Etoro , the ideal partner is the sister's husband , but this is not always pos- sible . Among the Kaluli , the relationship , which begins at age ...
Page 29
... Married Marquesan men sometimes have casual sexual involvements with young boys , whose bodies , they say , are soft , like young girls ( Suggs , 1966 : 121 ) . New Guinea men sometimes refer to their young male lovers as “ wives ...
... Married Marquesan men sometimes have casual sexual involvements with young boys , whose bodies , they say , are soft , like young girls ( Suggs , 1966 : 121 ) . New Guinea men sometimes refer to their young male lovers as “ wives ...
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... marriage , some preferring them to the extent that they rarely resort to their wives.32 Married men of East Bay consider heterosexual relations pleasurable , and average two copu- lations a day , yet most also have affairs with boys.3 ...
... marriage , some preferring them to the extent that they rarely resort to their wives.32 Married men of East Bay consider heterosexual relations pleasurable , and average two copu- lations a day , yet most also have affairs with boys.3 ...
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... marriage is accomplished through the payment of bride- wealth , and institutionalized homosexuality is absent . Pederastic practices among Australian aborigines confirm a connection between delayed sister - exchange marriage and male ...
... marriage is accomplished through the payment of bride- wealth , and institutionalized homosexuality is absent . Pederastic practices among Australian aborigines confirm a connection between delayed sister - exchange marriage and male ...
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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