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.