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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... rules whose infrac- tion constitutes deviance , and by applying those rules to par- ticular people and labeling them as outsiders . From this point of view , deviance is not a quality of the act the person commits , but rather a ...
... rules whose infrac- tion constitutes deviance , and by applying those rules to par- ticular people and labeling them as outsiders . From this point of view , deviance is not a quality of the act the person commits , but rather a ...
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... rules they support , or ask questions about the categories that give structure to those rules . The partial success of the gay - liberation movement's efforts to refute popular beliefs that homosexuality is harmful has done much to ...
... rules they support , or ask questions about the categories that give structure to those rules . The partial success of the gay - liberation movement's efforts to refute popular beliefs that homosexuality is harmful has done much to ...
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... rules has been the observation that rules do not make themselves . In the words of Howard Becker , before an act can be viewed as deviant , and before any class of people can be labeled and treated as outsiders for committing the act ...
... rules has been the observation that rules do not make themselves . In the words of Howard Becker , before an act can be viewed as deviant , and before any class of people can be labeled and treated as outsiders for committing the act ...
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... rules to the interests , moral values , and political power of particular groups , the origins of rules prohibiting homosexuality cannot be so easily uncovered . Since homosexuality is found in all social classes , it is unlikely that a ...
... rules to the interests , moral values , and political power of particular groups , the origins of rules prohibiting homosexuality cannot be so easily uncovered . Since homosexuality is found in all social classes , it is unlikely that a ...
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... rules prohibiting homosexuality , the group - conflict perspective seems incapable of telling us why homosexuality is conceived of in different ways at differ- ent times , for example as a sin in the Middle Ages , but as a psychological ...
... rules prohibiting homosexuality , the group - conflict perspective seems incapable of telling us why homosexuality is conceived of in different ways at differ- ent times , for example as a sin in the Middle Ages , but as a psychological ...
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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