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 28
... young man becomes the older partner of another prepubescent boy , ordinarily his wife's or fiancée's younger brother . This relationship continues for roughly fifteen years , un- til the older partner is about forty . His involvement ...
... young man becomes the older partner of another prepubescent boy , ordinarily his wife's or fiancée's younger brother . This relationship continues for roughly fifteen years , un- til the older partner is about forty . His involvement ...
Page 29
... young boys , whose bodies , they say , are soft , like young girls ( Suggs , 1966 : 121 ) . New Guinea men sometimes refer to their young male lovers as “ wives . ” But this probably denotes a social role , not a gender role . 18 R ...
... young boys , whose bodies , they say , are soft , like young girls ( Suggs , 1966 : 121 ) . New Guinea men sometimes refer to their young male lovers as “ wives . ” But this probably denotes a social role , not a gender role . 18 R ...
Page 31
... young men's first sexual experiences are still with bedaghs or with receptive peers , and many adult men have youthful male lovers.31 Big Namba chiefs retain their boy lovers even after marriage , some preferring them to the extent that ...
... young men's first sexual experiences are still with bedaghs or with receptive peers , and many adult men have youthful male lovers.31 Big Namba chiefs retain their boy lovers even after marriage , some preferring them to the extent that ...
Page 36
... young men in the camp . So did elderly dying men ( a practice not re- ported from New Guinea ) , 55 on the theory that as a carrier of life semen should help preserve it . On the other hand , Pilling found no evidence of a ritual ...
... young men in the camp . So did elderly dying men ( a practice not re- ported from New Guinea ) , 55 on the theory that as a carrier of life semen should help preserve it . On the other hand , Pilling found no evidence of a ritual ...
Page 39
... young son's life to constitute a rival , and because he does not discipline the child , the oedipal complex plays no role in this dynamic . The Marind , however , do show evidence of castration anxiety . It can be traced to the son's ...
... young son's life to constitute a rival , and because he does not discipline the child , the oedipal complex plays no role in this dynamic . The Marind , however , do show evidence of castration anxiety . It can be traced to the son's ...
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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