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Genre/Form: | Cross-cultural studies History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David F Greenberg |
ISBN: | 0226306275 9780226306278 |
OCLC Number: | 17840446 |
Notes: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. ‡5 TXA |
Description: | x, 635 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Theorizing the prohibition against homosexuality. -- Before homosexuality. Homosexual relations in kinship-structured societies ; Inequality and the state: homosexual innovations in archaic civilizations ; Early civilizations: variations on homosexual themes ; Sexual asceticism in the ancient world ; Feudalism. -- The construction of modern homosexuality. Repression and the emergence of subcultures ; The rise of market economies ; The medicalization of homosexuality ; Bureaucracy and homosexuality ; Gay liberation. -- Epilogue: Under the sign of sociology. |
Responsibility: | David F. Greenberg. |
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Abstract:
At various times, homosexuality has been considered the noblest of loves, a horrible sin, a psychological condition or grounds for torture and execution. This book argues that homosexuality is only deviant because society has constructed, or defined, it as deviant.
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