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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... 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 consequence of the ...
... 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 consequence of the ...
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... tion to landlords who wanted to control agricultural wage - laborers in the aftermath of the Black Death . In this instance the relevant group was a class , and its motive was economic self - interest . Dickson's study of the 1937 ...
... tion to landlords who wanted to control agricultural wage - laborers in the aftermath of the Black Death . In this instance the relevant group was a class , and its motive was economic self - interest . Dickson's study of the 1937 ...
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... tion and gender might be possible . His description of the gender system as a " complementary division of function " between the two sexes is one that contemporary feminist writings have thoroughly discredited , for it implies that this ...
... tion and gender might be possible . His description of the gender system as a " complementary division of function " between the two sexes is one that contemporary feminist writings have thoroughly discredited , for it implies that this ...
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... tion is its failure to explain why the stigma attached to homosexuality has begun to weaken only in recent years , even though secularization has steadily eroded the impact of religious beliefs over the course of centuries ...
... tion is its failure to explain why the stigma attached to homosexuality has begun to weaken only in recent years , even though secularization has steadily eroded the impact of religious beliefs over the course of centuries ...
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... tion has been given to the question of when homosexual subcultures and identities first appeared . It is generally agreed that neither are present in primitive societies . Although homosexual roles may be recognized , mere involvement ...
... tion has been given to the question of when homosexual subcultures and identities first appeared . It is generally agreed that neither are present in primitive societies . Although homosexual roles may be recognized , mere involvement ...
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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