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How to Do the History of Homosexuality
David M. Halperin
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Description for How to Do the History of Homosexuality
Hardcover. In this work David Halperin revisits and re-examines the argument he set forth in "One hundred years of homosexuality": the idea that both hetero- and homo- sexuality are not biologically determined but, instead, socially constructed. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 halftones, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFSK2; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
David M. Halperin is one of the most eminent thinkers in the world of gay and critical studies. In this new work, he revisits and refines the argument he set forth in "One Hundred Years of Homosexuality": the idea that both hetero- and homosexuality are not biologically determined but, instead, socially constructed. "How to Do the History of Homosexuality" builds on this seminal argument, answers its critics and makes greater allowances for continuities in the history of sexuality. Above all, Halperin offers a vigorous defence of the historicist approach, one that sets a premium on the description of other societies ... Read more
David M. Halperin is one of the most eminent thinkers in the world of gay and critical studies. In this new work, he revisits and refines the argument he set forth in "One Hundred Years of Homosexuality": the idea that both hetero- and homosexuality are not biologically determined but, instead, socially constructed. "How to Do the History of Homosexuality" builds on this seminal argument, answers its critics and makes greater allowances for continuities in the history of sexuality. Above all, Halperin offers a vigorous defence of the historicist approach, one that sets a premium on the description of other societies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226314471
SKU
V9780226314471
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About David M. Halperin
David M. Halperin is the W. H. Auden Collegiate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan and Honorary Professor in the School of Sociology at The University of New South Wales. He is the author of a number of books, including One Hundred Years of Homosexuality and Other Essays on Greek Love and ... Read more
Reviews for How to Do the History of Homosexuality
"In this subtle and provocative work, David M. Halperin carries his justly renowned scholarship about sexuality several steps further, articulating a view that balances a just appreciation of discontinuities with the recognition of connections across time and place. Refusing reductive characterizations, the sophisticated arguments in How to Do the History of Homosexuality emphasize heterogeneity and tension in the ancient world ... Read more