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 7
... status threatened by the growing social and political importance of urban - based immigrants from countries where alcohol consumption was an accepted part of daily life . Humphries found the professionals ( doctors , lawyers ) who ...
... status threatened by the growing social and political importance of urban - based immigrants from countries where alcohol consumption was an accepted part of daily life . Humphries found the professionals ( doctors , lawyers ) who ...
Page 8
... status relative to that of homosexuals by prohibiting the latter's sexual prac- tices . But why would they have been so concerned about status ? Gusfield's study showed that the small - town middle class of late - nineteenth- and early ...
... status relative to that of homosexuals by prohibiting the latter's sexual prac- tices . But why would they have been so concerned about status ? Gusfield's study showed that the small - town middle class of late - nineteenth- and early ...
Page 25
... statuses of the participants . Three forms are considered in this chapter : transgenerational ( in which the part- ners are of disparate ages ) , transgenderal ( the partners are of different gen- ders ) , and egalitarian ( the partners ...
... statuses of the participants . Three forms are considered in this chapter : transgenerational ( in which the part- ners are of disparate ages ) , transgenderal ( the partners are of different gen- ders ) , and egalitarian ( the partners ...
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... ( status achievement did not have to reflect one's own unaided efforts ) . Apart from sexual gratification , the contributor had the satisfac- tion of having his special virtues recognized . 10 Transgenerational homosexual relations have ...
... ( status achievement did not have to reflect one's own unaided efforts ) . Apart from sexual gratification , the contributor had the satisfac- tion of having his special virtues recognized . 10 Transgenerational homosexual relations have ...
Page 32
... status is not conferred by birth but is achieved by individual effort . 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 ...
... status is not conferred by birth but is achieved by individual effort . 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 ...
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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