TY - BOOK AU - Greenberg,David F. TI - The construction of homosexuality SN - 0226306283 AV - HQ76.25 .G74 1990 U1 - 306.766 PY - 1990///, �1988 CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Homosexuality KW - History KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Male homosexuality KW - fast KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison KW - history N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-613) and index; 1. Theorizing the prohibition against homosexuality -- Part I. Before homosexuality -- 2. Homosexual relations in kinship-structured societies -- 3. Inequality and the state: homosexual innovations in archaic civilizations -- 4. Early civilizations: variations on homosexual themes -- 5. Sexual asceticism in the ancient world -- 6. Feudalism -- Part II. The construction of modern homosexuality -- 7. Repression and the emergence of subcultures -- 8. The rise of market economies -- 9. The medicalization of homosexuality -- 10. Bureaucracy and homosexuality -- 11. Gay liberation -- Epilogue. Under the sign of sociology ER -