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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... possible , the patterns of actual sexual behavior associated with per- ceptions of it . GAY HISTORY AND THE GAY MOVEMENT In more ways than one , the gay - liberation movement has made a study of this sort intellectually possible ...
... possible , the patterns of actual sexual behavior associated with per- ceptions of it . GAY HISTORY AND THE GAY MOVEMENT In more ways than one , the gay - liberation movement has made a study of this sort intellectually possible ...
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... possible . ' Gide ( 1950 ) , Garde ( 1964 ) . 10 Teal ( 1971 ) , Humphreys ( 1972 ) , Lauritsen and Thorstad ( 1974 ) , Steakley 1975 ) , Faderman and Eriksson ( 1980 ) , Marotta ( 1981 ) , D'Emilio ( 1983a ) , B. D. Adam ( 1987a ) ...
... possible . ' Gide ( 1950 ) , Garde ( 1964 ) . 10 Teal ( 1971 ) , Humphreys ( 1972 ) , Lauritsen and Thorstad ( 1974 ) , Steakley 1975 ) , Faderman and Eriksson ( 1980 ) , Marotta ( 1981 ) , D'Emilio ( 1983a ) , B. D. Adam ( 1987a ) ...
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... possible . His description of the gender system as a " complementary division of function " between the two sexes is one that contemporary feminist writings have thoroughly discredited , for it implies that this division is mutually ...
... possible . His description of the gender system as a " complementary division of function " between the two sexes is one that contemporary feminist writings have thoroughly discredited , for it implies that this division is mutually ...
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... possible for women to live independently of men.33 32 Freud ( 1964 : 359 ) implies as much when he notes that internal impediments to libidinal expression " arose originally , in primitive phases of human development , out of real ...
... possible for women to live independently of men.33 32 Freud ( 1964 : 359 ) implies as much when he notes that internal impediments to libidinal expression " arose originally , in primitive phases of human development , out of real ...
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... possible for 42 For a long time , Marxists used the term " ideology " to refer to false ideas about social and political existence that mask the oppressive , exploitative aspects of reality . These ideas were supposedly invented by an ...
... possible for 42 For a long time , Marxists used the term " ideology " to refer to false ideas about social and political existence that mask the oppressive , exploitative aspects of reality . These ideas were supposedly invented by an ...
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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