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 5
... present investigation 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 ) ...
... present investigation 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 ) ...
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... present in primitive societies . Although homosexual roles may be recognized , mere involvement in a sexual relationship with someone of the same sex does not become the basis for classifying someone as a distinct type of person . This ...
... present in primitive societies . Although homosexual roles may be recognized , mere involvement in a sexual relationship with someone of the same sex does not become the basis for classifying someone as a distinct type of person . This ...
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... present in Europe before the end of the seventeenth century . Social net- works with subcultural characteristics , organized on the basis of male homosexuality , can be documented earlier than this . There is also frag- mentary evidence ...
... present in Europe before the end of the seventeenth century . Social net- works with subcultural characteristics , organized on the basis of male homosexuality , can be documented earlier than this . There is also frag- mentary evidence ...
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... present it as fully as is feasible . Where assertions are not backed up by evidence , the reader may assume that the claim is made on theoretical rather than on empirical grounds . It would be tiresome to reiterate at every turn that ...
... present it as fully as is feasible . Where assertions are not backed up by evidence , the reader may assume that the claim is made on theoretical rather than on empirical grounds . It would be tiresome to reiterate at every turn that ...
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... present earlier - the cult was in disarray by the time Bateson did his fieldwork ( compare Mead , 1955 : 79 , with Herdt , 1984 ) . Transgenerational male homosexuality is or was found else- where in Melanesia , among the Big Namba of ...
... present earlier - the cult was in disarray by the time Bateson did his fieldwork ( compare Mead , 1955 : 79 , with Herdt , 1984 ) . Transgenerational male homosexuality is or was found else- where in Melanesia , among the Big Namba of ...
Contents
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23 | |
Part II The Construction of Modern Homosexuality | 299 |
Under the Sign of Sociology | 482 |
References | 501 |
Index | 615 |
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