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 12
... religious indoctrination , contempo- rary Western attitudes and laws reflect the needs of the biblical period , not those of today.28 As it happens , Judaism and Christianity are not the only religions hostile to homosexuality ...
... religious indoctrination , contempo- rary Western attitudes and laws reflect the needs of the biblical period , not those of today.28 As it happens , Judaism and Christianity are not the only religions hostile to homosexuality ...
Page 13
... religious prohibitions against homosexuality are virtually ignored . " Why has this not been true in the West ? A further difficulty for an explanation that relies only on religious tradi- tion is its failure to explain why the stigma ...
... religious prohibitions against homosexuality are virtually ignored . " Why has this not been true in the West ? A further difficulty for an explanation that relies only on religious tradi- tion is its failure to explain why the stigma ...
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... religious repression by destroying the rec- ords of the Inquisition , thereby depriving us of records documenting the persecution of sodomites in early modern Europe . The Arab destruction of the library at Alexandria in the seventh ...
... religious repression by destroying the rec- ords of the Inquisition , thereby depriving us of records documenting the persecution of sodomites in early modern Europe . The Arab destruction of the library at Alexandria in the seventh ...
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... religious transgenderal homosexuality is reported for a number of tribes across Africa . 207 The mu- gawe , a powerful religious leader of the Kenyan Meru , is considered a com- plement to the male political leaders and consequently ...
... religious transgenderal homosexuality is reported for a number of tribes across Africa . 207 The mu- gawe , a powerful religious leader of the Kenyan Meru , is considered a com- plement to the male political leaders and consequently ...
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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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