Science and Homosexualities - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415915015 ISBN 13 : 9780415915014

Editeur : Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

Science and Homosexualities is the first anthology by historians of science to examine European and American scientific research on sexual orientation since the coining of the word "homosexual" almost 150 years ago. This collection is particularly timely given the enormous scientific and popular interest in biological studies of homosexuality, and the importance given such studies in current legal, legislative and cultural debates concerning gay civil rights. However, scientific and popular literature discussing the biology of sexual orientation have been short-sighted in representing it as objective, new scientific work. This volume demonstrates that the quest for the biological "cause" of homosexuality and other sexualities is as old as the term itself. These essays explore the active role experimental subjects played in shaping scientific theories of homosexuality and cultural perceptions of sexuality and sexual identity. Finally this anthology studies the way in which this doctor-patient interaction shaped not only scientific theories of homosexuality, but also cultural perceptions and self-identities as well.

Contributors include: Garland E. Allen, Erin G. Carlston, Julian Carter, Alice D. Dreger, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Margaret Gibson, Stephanie Kenen, Hubert Kennedy, Harry Oosterhuis, James Steakley, Richard Pillard, Jennifer Terry

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Vernon A. Rosario II, M.D. teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415915015
• ISBN 13: 9780415915014
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Éditeur: Rosario M.D. Vernon A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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