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 3
... refer to someone who has never been aware of sexual interest in someone of his own sex as a " latent homosexual , " but lay people would probably not . Changing sexual typologies and images of persons who engage in acts that we classify ...
... refer to someone who has never been aware of sexual interest in someone of his own sex as a " latent homosexual , " but lay people would probably not . Changing sexual typologies and images of persons who engage in acts that we classify ...
Page 12
... referring to the " Judeo - Christian tradition , " which has supposedly been transmitted virtually unchanged from one generation to the next since the time of Moses or Jesus . As a result of religious indoctrination , contempo- rary ...
... referring to the " Judeo - Christian tradition , " which has supposedly been transmitted virtually unchanged from one generation to the next since the time of Moses or Jesus . As a result of religious indoctrination , contempo- rary ...
Page 18
... refer to false ideas about social and political existence that mask the oppressive , exploitative aspects of reality . These ideas were supposedly invented by an unscrupulous ruling class to secure its superior position and pas- sively ...
... refer to false ideas about social and political existence that mask the oppressive , exploitative aspects of reality . These ideas were supposedly invented by an unscrupulous ruling class to secure its superior position and pas- sively ...
Page 20
... referred to the Albigensian heresy , which was introduced into France by Bulgarians . " Some medieval authors used the term " sodomy " quite broadly ; it did not always refer to homosex- uality . Dante went so far as to refer to poets ...
... referred to the Albigensian heresy , which was introduced into France by Bulgarians . " Some medieval authors used the term " sodomy " quite broadly ; it did not always refer to homosex- uality . Dante went so far as to refer to poets ...
Page 25
... refer to them as " primitive , " to emphasize their technological limitations . But in the study of sexual practices and ideology it is the cen- trality of kinship to social life that is most relevant . It is useful in discussing ...
... refer to them as " primitive , " to emphasize their technological limitations . But in the study of sexual practices and ideology it is the cen- trality of kinship to social life that is most relevant . It is useful in discussing ...
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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