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Myth of the Modern Homosexual
Author | : Rictor Norton |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2016-10-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781474286923 |
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With careful reasoning supported by wide-ranging scholarship, this study exposes the fallacies of 'social constructionist' theories within lesbian and gay studies and makes a forceful case for the autonomy of queer identity and culture. It presents evidence that queers are part of a centuries-old history, possessing a unified historical and cultural identity. The volume reviews the fundamental historiographical issues about the nature of queer history, arguing that a new generation of queer historians will need to abandon authoritarian dogma founded upon politically-correct ideology rather than historical experience. Norton offers a clear exposition of the evidence for ancient, indigenous and pre-modern queer cultural continuity, revealing how knowledge of that history has been suppressed and censored and sets out the 'queer cultural essentialist' position on the key topics of queer history – role, identity, bisexuality, orientation, linguistics, social control, homophobia, subcultures, and kinship patterns.
The Myth of the Modern Homosexual
Author | : Rictor Norton |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 1474286917 |
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"With careful reasoning supported by wide-ranging scholarship, this study exposes the fallacies of 'social constructionist' theories within lesbian and gay studies and makes a forceful case for the autonomy of queer identity and culture. It presents evidence that queers are part of a centuries-old history, possessing a unified historical and cultural identity. The volume reviews the fundamental historiographical issues about the nature of queer history, arguing that a new generation of queer historians will need to abandon authoritarian dogma founded upon politically-correct ideology rather than historical experience. Norton offers a clear exposition of the evidence for ancient, indigenous and pre-modern queer cultural continuity, revealing how knowledge of that history has been suppressed and censored and sets out the 'queer cultural essentialist' position on the key topics of queer history ? role, identity, bisexuality, orientation, linguistics, social control, homophobia, subcultures, and kinship patterns."--
The Missing Myth
Author | : Gilles Herrada |
Publsiher | : SelectBooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 2013-02-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781590799727 |
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In The Missing Myth, Gilles Herrada tackles the many questions about the role and meaning of homosexuality in the evolution of our species and the development of civilization: what evolutionary edge same-sex relationships have provided to the human species; what biological mechanisms generate the sexual diversity that we observe; why homosexual behavior ended up being prohibited worldwide; why homophobia has persisted throughout history; why the homosexual community resurfaced after World War II; and others. In this heartfelt, beautifully written, and painstakingly researched text, the author sculpts a vision of homosexuality that integrates its many dimensions. Stressing the connection between the social status of homosexuality and how same-sex love is depicted in the myths of a particular culture, The Missing Myth advocates the creation of a new mythos—not only informed by all the fields of knowledge, but also inclusive of the beauty, truth, and goodness of same-sex love.
Queer Spirits
Author | : Will Roscoe |
Publsiher | : Beacon Press (MA) |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : UVA:X002677137 |
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A fascinating collection of myths and stories from around the world that offers gay men a key to discovering the myths and heroes of their lives.
Lovers Legends
Author | : Andrew Calimach |
Publsiher | : Haiduk Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780971468603 |
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Lovers' Legends is a collection of homoerotic Greek myths restored from their primary sources. The collection also includes a new rendition of Lucian's Erotes. The volume is illustrated with ancient art.
The Mythology of Transgression
Author | : Jamake Highwater |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : UVA:X004069690 |
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The popular writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry examines how people who stand outside of society because of their sexual orientation, physical appearance, ideas, artistic inclinations, or ethnic heritage, often achieve lasting and even profound influence upon the culture at large. He combines his own experience as a gay Native American with sources in the arts, literature, biology, psychology, and anthropology. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Homintern
Author | : Gregory Woods |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 455 |
Release | : 2016-05-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780300219562 |
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In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has helped shape Western culture. Extending from the trials of Oscar Wilde to the gay liberation era, this book examines a period in which increased visibility made acceptance of homosexuality one of the measures of modernity. Woods shines a revealing light on the diverse, informal networks of gay people in the arts and other creative fields. Uneasily called “the Homintern” (an echo of Lenin’s “Comintern”) by those suspicious of an international homosexual conspiracy, such networks connected gay writers, actors, artists, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, politicians, and spies. While providing some defense against dominant heterosexual exclusion, the grouping brought solidarity, celebrated talent, and, in doing so, invigorated the majority culture. Woods introduces an enormous cast of gifted and extraordinary characters, most of them operating with surprising openness; but also explores such issues as artistic influence, the coping strategies of minorities, the hypocrisies of conservatism, and the effects of positive and negative discrimination. Traveling from Harlem in the 1910s to 1920s Paris, 1930s Berlin, 1950s New York and beyond, this sharply observed, warm-spirited book presents a surpassing portrait of twentieth-century gay culture and the men and women who both redefined themselves and changed history.
Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan
Author | : Mark J. McLelland |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780700713004 |
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Looks at the wide range of contrasting images of the gay male body in Japanese popular culture, both mainstream and gay, and relates these images to the experience of an interview sample of Japanese gay men.