Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy

388 Pages·1992·39.294 MB·English

by  Edward Stein (ed.)

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ROUTLEDGE NEW YORK AND LONDON
First published in 1990 by Garland Publishing Inc.
Published in 1992 by
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Forms ofdesire sexual orientation and the social constructionist
:
controversey / edited by Edward Stein,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-90485-4
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1. Homosexuality United States. 2. Gays United States Social
conditions. I. Stein, Edward, 1965-
HQ76.3.U5F67 1992
306.76'6—dc20 91-37164
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To Morris Kaplan and Ron Caldwell,
for friendship and fellowship

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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Preface to the Paperback Edition xi
Chapter One: Introduction, EdwardStein 3
ChapterTwo: The Perverse Implantation, MichelFoucault 1
Chapter Three: The Homosexual Role, MaryMcintosh 25
ChapterFour: Sexual Matters: On Conceptualizing
Sexuality in History, RobertPadgug 43
Chapter Five: Making Up People, Ian Hacking 69
Chapter Six: Sex and the Emergence of Sexuality,
ArnoldDavidson 89
Chapter Seven: Concepts, Experience, and Sexuality,
JohnBoswell 133
ChapterEight: Reality or Social Construction?,
James Weinrich 175
Chapter Nine: Wrestling with the Social Boa Constructor,
Wayne R. Dynes 209
Chapter Ten: Gay Politics, Ethnic Identity:
The Limits of Social Constructionism,
Steven Epstein 239
Chapter Eleven: Social Constructionism and
the Study ofHuman Sexuality, Leonore Tiefer 295
Chapter Twelve: Conclusion: The Essentials of
Constructionism and the Construction
ofEssentialism, Edward Stein 325
Bibliography 355