Homosexualities (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture) - Softcover

Murray, Stephen O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226551954 ISBN 13: 9780226551951

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2002

Synopsis

Breathtaking in its historical and geographical scope, this book provides a sweeping examination of the construction of male and female homosexualities, stressing both the variability of the forms same-sex desire can take and the key recurring patterns it has formed throughout history.

"[An] indispensable resource on same-sex sexual relationships and their social contexts. . . . Essential reading." —Choice

"[P]romises to deliver a lot, and even more extraordinarily succeeds in its lofty aims. . . . [O]riginal and refreshing. . . . [A] sensational book, part of what I see emerging as a new commonsense revolution within academe." —Kevin White, International Gay and Lesbian Review

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

In Homosexualities, one of the world's leading authorities on global homosexualities has produced a magnum opus. Breathtaking in its historical and geographical scope, Stephen O. Murray's landmark work provides a sweeping examination of the construction of male and female homosexualities, stressing both the variability of the forms same-sex desire can take and the key recurring patterns it has formed throughout history. From imperial China to Tudor England, and from medieval Egypt to the Ottoman Empire to modern-day Japan, Murray expertly explores the full range of both behavior and meaning in same-sex relationships.

About the Author:

Stephen O. Murray is the author of many books, including American Gay, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0226551954
• ISBN 13: 9780226551951
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 515