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 8
... sodomy were brought against the medieval Knights Templar as a pretext for the suppression of the order and the seizure of its enormous wealth . The furor over an alleged man - boy sex ring in Boise , Idaho , in 1955 was instigated by ...
... sodomy were brought against the medieval Knights Templar as a pretext for the suppression of the order and the seizure of its enormous wealth . The furor over an alleged man - boy sex ring in Boise , Idaho , in 1955 was instigated by ...
Page 15
... sodomy was reduced to life in prison.35 Under the Labouchère Amendment , the maxi- mum penalty was cut to two years ' imprisonment . Thus the pattern was one of declining severity , not increasing repression . This pattern is difficult ...
... sodomy was reduced to life in prison.35 Under the Labouchère Amendment , the maxi- mum penalty was cut to two years ' imprisonment . Thus the pattern was one of declining severity , not increasing repression . This pattern is difficult ...
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... sodomy " quite broadly ; it did not always refer to homosex- uality . Dante went so far as to refer to poets who refused to write in the vernacular as committing " spiritual sodomy . " 45 It is not always clear from the context just ...
... sodomy " quite broadly ; it did not always refer to homosex- uality . Dante went so far as to refer to poets who refused to write in the vernacular as committing " spiritual sodomy . " 45 It is not always clear from the context just ...
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... Sodomy , like ritual bleeding , is thus a magical act performed to foster status attainment . The details of this argument do not stand up . Neither the Sambia nor the Big Namba have " big men . " The Big Namba have hereditary chiefs ...
... Sodomy , like ritual bleeding , is thus a magical act performed to foster status attainment . The details of this argument do not stand up . Neither the Sambia nor the Big Namba have " big men . " The Big Namba have hereditary chiefs ...
Page 36
... sodomy in connection with native dances and initiation ceremonies sug- gest that some groups might have considered it necessary . Purcell , for ex- ample , mentions that in the bora ceremony -- the third male - initiation rite in the ...
... sodomy in connection with native dances and initiation ceremonies sug- gest that some groups might have considered it necessary . Purcell , for ex- ample , mentions that in the bora ceremony -- the third male - initiation rite in the ...
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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