| The Invention of Heterosexuality Contributor(s): Katz, Jonathan Ned (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226426017 ISBN-13: 9780226426013 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Widely reviewed and praised in hardcover, this work is the first book to study the social construction of heterosexuality. This is a provocative re-examination of the very definitions of sexual identity--"a valuable primer . . . misses no significant twists in sexual politics".--the Village Voice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 306.76 |
| LCCN: 2006039623 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.12" W x 8.33" (0.79 lbs) 291 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 morbid sexual passion, 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 |
