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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... nature . " 2 To some physicians of the late nineteenth century , it was a manifestation of inher- ited physiological degeneration . In the ancient Near East , male prostitutes were believed to have special supernatural powers . Each of ...
... nature . " 2 To some physicians of the late nineteenth century , it was a manifestation of inher- ited physiological degeneration . In the ancient Near East , male prostitutes were believed to have special supernatural powers . Each of ...
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David F. Greenberg. Could a process like natural selection explain a prohibition against ho- mosexuality ? It is tempting to answer in the affirmative , on the grounds that heterosexual intercourse has until recently been a prerequisite ...
David F. Greenberg. Could a process like natural selection explain a prohibition against ho- mosexuality ? It is tempting to answer in the affirmative , on the grounds that heterosexual intercourse has until recently been a prerequisite ...
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... Natural- istic , quasi - medical explanations of homosexuality were being proposed before the late nineteenth century , and those to whom the explanations ap- plied played an active role in formulating them . 34 Fernbach has tried to ...
... Natural- istic , quasi - medical explanations of homosexuality were being proposed before the late nineteenth century , and those to whom the explanations ap- plied played an active role in formulating them . 34 Fernbach has tried to ...
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... nature . 18 We have very few accounts of transgenerational lesbianism . Middle - aged women of Easter Island reportedly seduce young women , but the relation- ships are not described as ritualized or institutionalized.19 The sixteenth ...
... nature . 18 We have very few accounts of transgenerational lesbianism . Middle - aged women of Easter Island reportedly seduce young women , but the relation- ships are not described as ritualized or institutionalized.19 The sixteenth ...
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... natural " and are not judgmental . Their partners are considered perfectly normal.192 There are also mahus on the Marquesan Islands . 193 They adopted the life of a woman , dressed in women's garb , allowing their hair to grow long ...
... natural " and are not judgmental . Their partners are considered perfectly normal.192 There are also mahus on the Marquesan Islands . 193 They adopted the life of a woman , dressed in women's garb , allowing their hair to grow long ...
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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