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Author Greenberg, David F.

Title The construction of homosexuality / David F. Greenberg.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.766    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.7 G82    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.766 G795C    Check Shelf
Description x, 635 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 501-613.
Note Includes index.
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.
Subject Homosexuality -- History -- Cross-cultural studies.
Male homosexuality -- History -- Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Homosexuality -- history.
Indexed Term Homosexuality
ISBN 0226306275
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