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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... reasons why someone engages in behavior of which people disapprove , labeling theorists shifted attention to the reasons for the disap- proval . Howard Becker summarized the essence of the perspective neatly : Social groups create ...
... reasons why someone engages in behavior of which people disapprove , labeling theorists shifted attention to the reasons for the disap- proval . Howard Becker summarized the essence of the perspective neatly : Social groups create ...
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... 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 3.
... 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 3.
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... reason to turn to history or the social sciences . Their training led them to view sexu- ality as presocial and individual , so that the ways it was expressed and the responses it received could not be illuminated by knowledge of their ...
... reason to turn to history or the social sciences . Their training led them to view sexu- ality as presocial and individual , so that the ways it was expressed and the responses it received could not be illuminated by knowledge of their ...
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... reasons for feeling its status threatened . Until recently , though , there was no comparable threat to het- erosexuals . Unless we imagine everyone to be constantly preoccupied with gaining status at the expense of everyone else , this ...
... reasons for feeling its status threatened . Until recently , though , there was no comparable threat to het- erosexuals . Unless we imagine everyone to be constantly preoccupied with gaining status at the expense of everyone else , this ...
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... reason , the human species would have died out . The taboo was thus an evolutionary necessity . Those societies that adopted it — for whatever reason — early in history , survived . Those that did not , disappeared . This explanation ...
... reason , the human species would have died out . The taboo was thus an evolutionary necessity . Those societies that adopted it — for whatever reason — early in history , survived . Those that did not , disappeared . This explanation ...
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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