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 9
... suggests another basis for a functionalist argument . Although plants and animals do not try to evolve or adapt to their environ- ment , the principle of survival of the fittest guarantees that species will do so or face extinction ...
... suggests another basis for a functionalist argument . Although plants and animals do not try to evolve or adapt to their environ- ment , the principle of survival of the fittest guarantees that species will do so or face extinction ...
Page 10
... suggest- ing that the persistence of homosexuality must mean that it confers an evolutionary advan- tage . This , too , remains undemonstrated ( G. E. Hutchinson , 1959 ; Ruse , 1981 ; Futuyma and Risch , 1984 ; G. D. Wilson , 1987 ) ...
... suggest- ing that the persistence of homosexuality must mean that it confers an evolutionary advan- tage . This , too , remains undemonstrated ( G. E. Hutchinson , 1959 ; Ruse , 1981 ; Futuyma and Risch , 1984 ; G. D. Wilson , 1987 ) ...
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... suggest . Speculation along these lines would inevitably turn to band or tribal initiation rites for girls , or some other sort of women's reli- gious ceremonies . This possibility cannot be ruled out altogether there is evidence for it ...
... suggest . Speculation along these lines would inevitably turn to band or tribal initiation rites for girls , or some other sort of women's reli- gious ceremonies . This possibility cannot be ruled out altogether there is evidence for it ...
Page 33
... suggests that these peoples stem from a common immigration of non - Austronesians , possibly as long ago as 10,000 years , making their pederastic practices quite old . A second , later immigration of Austronesians may have settled the ...
... suggests that these peoples stem from a common immigration of non - Austronesians , possibly as long ago as 10,000 years , making their pederastic practices quite old . A second , later immigration of Austronesians may have settled the ...
Page 34
... suggests , quite plausibly , that paternity would not have been discovered until herding began , probably in the late Paleolithic . Before that , individual animals would not have been observed over a long enough time period for the ...
... suggests , quite plausibly , that paternity would not have been discovered until herding began , probably in the late Paleolithic . Before that , individual animals would not have been observed over a long enough time period for 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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