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 ix
... sources , and translated passages from exotic languages . They include Howard Abadinsky , Robert S. Bianchi , Robert D. Biggs , Renee Billet , John Boswell , Glen W. Bowersock , Gene Brucker , Mar- cia H. Bystryn , Nancy Chodorow , John ...
... sources , and translated passages from exotic languages . They include Howard Abadinsky , Robert S. Bianchi , Robert D. Biggs , Renee Billet , John Boswell , Glen W. Bowersock , Gene Brucker , Mar- cia H. Bystryn , Nancy Chodorow , John ...
Page 5
... sources could hope to amass the necessary evidence in a single lifetime . Fortunately , the studies historians have already done make this unnecessary . While these studies could be used to compose a synthetic history , that is not the ...
... sources could hope to amass the necessary evidence in a single lifetime . Fortunately , the studies historians have already done make this unnecessary . While these studies could be used to compose a synthetic history , that is not the ...
Page 11
... sources , I frequently found myself in disagreement with Werner's codings . Some seemed questionable , others totally wrong . I also disagreed with the way in which the natalist policies of some societies were coded . When I used my ...
... sources , I frequently found myself in disagreement with Werner's codings . Some seemed questionable , others totally wrong . I also disagreed with the way in which the natalist policies of some societies were coded . When I used my ...
Page 16
... sources make clear that there were plenty available for men who wished to patronize them . Large numbers of prostitutes also worked the larger European and North American cities . 39 Boswell ( 1980 ) . the place of current residence ...
... sources make clear that there were plenty available for men who wished to patronize them . Large numbers of prostitutes also worked the larger European and North American cities . 39 Boswell ( 1980 ) . the place of current residence ...
Page 17
... sources of deviance - defining rules do not offer us much . They are oriented largely to the explanation of specific legislative acts , while ignoring the backdrop of sentiment against which legislation takes place and which must be ...
... sources of deviance - defining rules do not offer us much . They are oriented largely to the explanation of specific legislative acts , while ignoring the backdrop of sentiment against which legislation takes place and which must be ...
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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