The Construction of Homosexuality
Author | : David F. Greenberg |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 2008-10-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226219813 |
ISBN-13 | : 022621981X |
Rating | : 4/5 (81X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Construction of Homosexuality written by David F. Greenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-10-29 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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