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The Construction of Homosexuality

by David Greenberg

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

"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

Synopsis:

In a work of unprecedented scope, Greenberg provides a cross-cultural and transhistorical account of the social organization of homosexuality, the ways it is perceived, and how cultures respond to it.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Theorizing the Prohibition against Homosexuality

Part I. Before Homosexuality

2. Homosexual Relations in Kinship-Structured Societies

3. Inequality and the State: Homosexual Innovations in Archaic Civilizations

4. Early Civilizations: Variations on Homosexual Themes

5. Sexual Asceticism in the Ancient World

6. Feudalism

Part II. The Construction of Modern Homosexuality

7. Repression and the Emergence of Subcultures

8. The Rise of Market Economies

9. The Medicalization of Homosexuality

10. Bureaucracy and Homosexuality

11. Gay Liberation

Epilogue: Under the Sign of Sociology

References

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780226306285
Author:
Greenberg, David F.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Author:
Greenberg, David F.
Location:
Chicago
Subject:
General
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
Sexuality
Subject:
Human Sexuality
Subject:
Gay Studies
Subject:
Homosexuality
Subject:
Homosexuality, male
Subject:
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Subject:
History
Subject:
Homosexuality -- History.
Subject:
Male homosexuality - History
Subject:
Gay and Lesbian-General
Copyright:
1990
Edition Number:
Paperback ed.
Edition Description:
Bibliography: p. 501-613.
Series Volume:
150-800-504A
Publication Date:
19900831
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
645
Dimensions:
9.25 x 6.63 in
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