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 19
... women's activities were so separate that men had very little knowledge of women's lives . For these reasons we know far less about lesbianism than about male homosexuality , and much less about women's views of homosexuality than about ...
... women's activities were so separate that men had very little knowledge of women's lives . For these reasons we know far less about lesbianism than about male homosexuality , and much less about women's views of homosexuality than about ...
Page 29
... women , lest they learn that their subordination is a precarious accomplishment , rather than part of the order of nature . 18 We have very few accounts of transgenerational lesbianism . Middle - aged women of Easter Island reportedly ...
... women , lest they learn that their subordination is a precarious accomplishment , rather than part of the order of nature . 18 We have very few accounts of transgenerational lesbianism . Middle - aged women of Easter Island reportedly ...
Page 30
... women , who were kept secluded.25 Among the Arabs of the plain , he noted , women were less restricted , and boy love was not found . The Sambia of New Guinea make a similar claim about their homosexuality . They note their fear that ...
... women , who were kept secluded.25 Among the Arabs of the plain , he noted , women were less restricted , and boy love was not found . The Sambia of New Guinea make a similar claim about their homosexuality . They note their fear that ...
Page 31
... women , but virtually absent in the Small Islands , where there are no chiefs . Isolated cases from other parts of the world seem to conform to this ex- planation ; e.g. , on Friday nights , when their religion forbids heterosexual ...
... women , but virtually absent in the Small Islands , where there are no chiefs . Isolated cases from other parts of the world seem to conform to this ex- planation ; e.g. , on Friday nights , when their religion forbids heterosexual ...
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... women must ex- plain why these alternatives are foreclosed . In addition , scarcity of women does not explain the asymmetry of transgenerational homosexuality . Why is the partner always younger or older , rather than the same age ...
... women must ex- plain why these alternatives are foreclosed . In addition , scarcity of women does not explain the asymmetry of transgenerational homosexuality . Why is the partner always younger or older , rather than the same age ...
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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