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An American Obsession : Science, Medicine, and Homosexuality in Modern Society.
Drawing on original research from medical texts, psychiatric case histories, pioneering statistical surveys, first-person accounts, legal cases, sensationalist journalism, and legislative debates, Jennifer Terry has written a nuanced and textured history of how the century-old obsession with homosex...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Modernity and the Vexing Presence of Homosexuals; 2 Medicalizing Homosexuality; 3 The United States of Perversion; 4 Progressive Science in Search of Sexual Normality; 5 Fluid Sexes; 6 The Committee for the Study of Sex Variants; 7 Sex Variant Subjects; 8 Policing Homosexuality; 9 Disease or Way of Life?; 10 Parents, Strangers, and Other Dangers; 11 Fear of a World Conspiracy; 12 Discerning Allies and Enemies; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.