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Greenberg, David F.

The construction of homosexuality / [electronic resource] David F. Greenberg. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988. - x, 635 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 501-613.

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.

ISBN: 0226306275 9780226306278

LCCN: 88010711

Nat. Bib. No.: GB90-8684 GB90-08684

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 8908566 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Homosexuality--Historystudies.
Male homosexuality--Historystudies.
Homosexualité--Histoire--Études transculturelles.
Homosexualité masculine--Histoire--Études transculturelles.
Homoseksualiteit.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Homosexuality--history.

Subjects--Index Terms: Homosexuality

LC Class. No.: HQ76.25 / .G74 1988

Dewey Class. No.: 306.7/66

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WM 11.1 / G798c 1988