The Construction of Homosexuality
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies
| Author: | David F. Greenberg | ISBN: | 9780226219813 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | October 29, 2008 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | David F. Greenberg |
| ISBN: | 9780226219813 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | October 29, 2008 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
"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
"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
