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
... taken into account in the adoption process ; they could have been completely ignored . Then , too , even a consensus that is spontaneous and takes everyone's views into ac- count could be mistaken . Everyone may think that something is ...
... taken into account in the adoption process ; they could have been completely ignored . Then , too , even a consensus that is spontaneous and takes everyone's views into ac- count could be mistaken . Everyone may think that something is ...
Page 17
... taken into account if informal methods of social control , such as ridicule and social ostracism , are to be understood . Periods of explicit conflict may be overemphasized in relation to slower , less spectacular shifts in beliefs and ...
... taken into account if informal methods of social control , such as ridicule and social ostracism , are to be understood . Periods of explicit conflict may be overemphasized in relation to slower , less spectacular shifts in beliefs and ...
Page 18
... taken for granted . People will not accept a new ideology unless it makes sense to them . It needn't be correct , but it must seem to be . Ideologies that fail to integrate and make sense of experience will be rejected - though they may ...
... taken for granted . People will not accept a new ideology unless it makes sense to them . It needn't be correct , but it must seem to be . Ideologies that fail to integrate and make sense of experience will be rejected - though they may ...
Page 47
... taken from hostile clans must surely have been one of the factors . In addition , many Indian tribes were , like the Navaho , matrilineal and matrilocal ; the New Guinea villages described earlier were patrilineal and patrilocal . As ...
... taken from hostile clans must surely have been one of the factors . In addition , many Indian tribes were , like the Navaho , matrilineal and matrilocal ; the New Guinea villages described earlier were patrilineal and patrilocal . As ...
Page 59
... taken jobs as female impersonators in nightclubs for tourists , a striking case of cultural adaptation to West- ernization . 193 Suggs ( 1966 : 83 ) . 194 Handy ( 1923 : 103 ) . 195 Biddle ( 1968 ) , Kirkpatrick ( 1983 : 177–78 ) . 19 ...
... taken jobs as female impersonators in nightclubs for tourists , a striking case of cultural adaptation to West- ernization . 193 Suggs ( 1966 : 83 ) . 194 Handy ( 1923 : 103 ) . 195 Biddle ( 1968 ) , Kirkpatrick ( 1983 : 177–78 ) . 19 ...
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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