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 27
... mother's hut at age twelve to thirteen to take up residence in the men's house , a Marind - Anim boy enters into a homo- sexual relationship with his mother's brother , who belongs to a different lineage from his own . The relationship ...
... mother's hut at age twelve to thirteen to take up residence in the men's house , a Marind - Anim boy enters into a homo- sexual relationship with his mother's brother , who belongs to a different lineage from his own . The relationship ...
Page 29
... mothers nourish prepubescent girls who are not their own daughters by offering them their breasts . The Ba- ruya believe that a mother's milk derives from the semen her husband feeds her orally , to strengthen her ; she in turns ...
... mothers nourish prepubescent girls who are not their own daughters by offering them their breasts . The Ba- ruya believe that a mother's milk derives from the semen her husband feeds her orally , to strengthen her ; she in turns ...
Page 30
... mother may try to placate his father by assuming a feminine identity , thus denying his heterosexuality - and by implication , his love for his mother . He thus becomes a passive , effeminate homosexual . Although evidence for ...
... mother may try to placate his father by assuming a feminine identity , thus denying his heterosexuality - and by implication , his love for his mother . He thus becomes a passive , effeminate homosexual . Although evidence for ...
Page 37
... mothers and are thus instrumental in establishing a masculine identification . " The need for such a process would seem to be high in many New Guinea tribes . " 1 Commonly , husbands and wives do not sleep together . Etoro and Kaluli ...
... mothers and are thus instrumental in establishing a masculine identification . " The need for such a process would seem to be high in many New Guinea tribes . " 1 Commonly , husbands and wives do not sleep together . Etoro and Kaluli ...
Page 38
... mother is thus an identification with a potential enemy . It could weaken the village's defense . It is thus of critical importance that boys be separated from their mothers , and made to identify with their fathers . Homosexual ...
... mother is thus an identification with a potential enemy . It could weaken the village's defense . It is thus of critical importance that boys be separated from their mothers , and made to identify with their fathers . Homosexual ...
Contents
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23 | |
Part II The Construction of Modern Homosexuality | 299 |
Under the Sign of Sociology | 482 |
References | 501 |
Index | 615 |
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