Invention of Heterosexuality

Invention of Heterosexuality

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Katz, Jonathan Ned
University of Chicago Press
EAN: 9780226307626
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Heterosexuality, assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm, has been largely exempt from critical scrutiny. In this boldly original work, Jonathan Ned Katz challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. Building on the history of medical terminology, he reveals that as late as 1923, the term heterosexuality referred to a &quote;morbid sexual passion,&quote; and that its current usage emerged to legitimate men and women having sex for pleasure. Drawing on the works of Sigmund Freud, James Baldwin, Betty Friedan, and Michel Foucault, The Invention of Heterosexuality considers the effects of heterosexuality s recently forged primacy on both scientific literature and popular culture. Lively and provocative. Carol Tavris, New York Times Book Review A valuable primer . . . misses no significant twists in sexual politics. Gary Indiana, Village Voice Literary Supplement One of the most important if not outright subversive works to emerge from gay and lesbian studies in years. Mark Thompson, The Advocate
EAN 9780226307626
ISBN 022630762X
Binding Ebook
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Publication date December 10, 2014
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Katz, Jonathan Ned
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