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 26
... reported in anthropological sources . As used here , the term " trans- generational " does not necessarily imply that the partners belong to distinct generations , only that their ages are socially recognized as being different ...
... reported in anthropological sources . As used here , the term " trans- generational " does not necessarily imply that the partners belong to distinct generations , only that their ages are socially recognized as being different ...
Page 36
... reported at the turn of the century . 57 The existence of a land connection between Australia and New Guinea across the Torres Straits until about 900 B.C. makes it quite plausible that the New Guinea pattern , which is concentrated on ...
... reported at the turn of the century . 57 The existence of a land connection between Australia and New Guinea across the Torres Straits until about 900 B.C. makes it quite plausible that the New Guinea pattern , which is concentrated on ...
Page 40
... imagine homosexual relations in which both partners changed gender , but this pattern is never reported in the anthropological literature . effeminates never marry and abandon themselves to the most infamous 40 Before Homosexuality.
... imagine homosexual relations in which both partners changed gender , but this pattern is never reported in the anthropological literature . effeminates never marry and abandon themselves to the most infamous 40 Before Homosexuality.
Page 48
... reported that among the Koniag In- dians , male children raised from birth or early childhood to be female " are not looked down upon , but instead they are obeyed in a settlement and are 117 Honigmann ( 1964 : 129–30 ) . Something ...
... reported that among the Koniag In- dians , male children raised from birth or early childhood to be female " are not looked down upon , but instead they are obeyed in a settlement and are 117 Honigmann ( 1964 : 129–30 ) . Something ...
Page 50
... reported responses to the berdaches - from reverence to derision - has never been explained in the abundant anthropological literature . For the most part , anthropologists have merely described the berdache phenome- non or speculated ...
... reported responses to the berdaches - from reverence to derision - has never been explained in the abundant anthropological literature . For the most part , anthropologists have merely described the berdache phenome- non or speculated ...
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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