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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... mean that it has no effect at all on percep- tions . For this reason , when reconstructing a phenomenology of homo- 5 Collins ( 1981 ) . sexuality for different cultures , it is relevant to reconstruct The Prohibition against Homosexuality ...
... mean that it has no effect at all on percep- tions . For this reason , when reconstructing a phenomenology of homo- 5 Collins ( 1981 ) . sexuality for different cultures , it is relevant to reconstruct The Prohibition against Homosexuality ...
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... means to say that a social ar- rangement is optimal . Even if the position that rules are invariably beneficial to all must be re- jected , we cannot disregard the possibility that sometimes they are . The advantages to be gained from ...
... means to say that a social ar- rangement is optimal . Even if the position that rules are invariably beneficial to all must be re- jected , we cannot disregard the possibility that sometimes they are . The advantages to be gained from ...
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... mean that it confers an evolutionary advan- tage . This , too , remains undemonstrated ( G. E. Hutchinson , 1959 ; Ruse , 1981 ; Futuyma and Risch , 1984 ; G. D. Wilson , 1987 ) . 21 There are species of bugs that do just that ( Wickler ...
... mean that it confers an evolutionary advan- tage . This , too , remains undemonstrated ( G. E. Hutchinson , 1959 ; Ruse , 1981 ; Futuyma and Risch , 1984 ; G. D. Wilson , 1987 ) . 21 There are species of bugs that do just that ( Wickler ...
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... means that wives come from other villages . In mountainous terrain , where travel is difficult , these villages will be located nearby . Yet these are precisely the villages with which chronic warfare over territorial boundaries or ...
... means that wives come from other villages . In mountainous terrain , where travel is difficult , these villages will be located nearby . Yet these are precisely the villages with which chronic warfare over territorial boundaries or ...
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... mean to imply that becoming a berdache was nothing more than a matter of status - seeking . No doubt other factors helped to determine who became a berdache and who did not . It is only to suggest that status consid- erations influenced ...
... mean to imply that becoming a berdache was nothing more than a matter of status - seeking . No doubt other factors helped to determine who became a berdache and who did not . It is only to suggest that status consid- erations influenced ...
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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