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- catalog abstract ""Perhaps the central issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation (the category "homosexual" in particular, but also the categories "heterosexual" and "bisexual") are cultural constructs rather than universal categories of nature. According to this view, it makes no sense to say, for example, that Socrates was a homosexual because the cultural kind had not yet been constructed. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics representing several disciplines and several different approaches to this debate about the history and science of sexuality. The recent social constructionist viewpoint has its contemporary sources in two different schools of thought: continental philosophy as represented by Michel Foucault and the social interactionist school of sociology as represented by Mary McIntosh.The position's more distant ancestry involves the philosophical position known as nominalism. By bringing together papers which discuss different versions of social constructionism, as well as a number of papers critical of the view, the anthology provides easy access to the important essays on the topic and makes more transparent both the position and its genealogy. Contributors: John Boswell, Arnold Davidson, Wayne R. Dynes, Steven Epstein, Michel Foucault, Ian Hacking, Mary McIntosh, Robert Padgug, Edward Stein, Leonore Tiefer, James Weinrich." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/91037164-d.html.".
- catalog contributor b7290847.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""Perhaps the central issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation (the category "homosexual" in particular, but also the categories "heterosexual" and "bisexual") are cultural constructs rather than universal categories of nature. According to this view, it makes no sense to say, for example, that Socrates was a homosexual because the cultural kind had not yet been constructed. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics representing several disciplines and several different approaches to this debate about the history and science of sexuality. The recent social constructionist viewpoint has its contemporary sources in two different schools of thought: continental philosophy as represented by Michel Foucault and the social interactionist school of sociology as represented by Mary McIntosh.The position's more distant ancestry involves the philosophical position known as nominalism. By bringing together papers which discuss different versions of social constructionism, as well as a number of papers critical of the view, the anthology provides easy access to the important essays on the topic and makes more transparent both the position and its genealogy. Contributors: John Boswell, Arnold Davidson, Wayne R. Dynes, Steven Epstein, Michel Foucault, Ian Hacking, Mary McIntosh, Robert Padgug, Edward Stein, Leonore Tiefer, James Weinrich." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/91037164-d.html.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-366) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction / Edward Stein -- The perverse implantation / Michel Foucault -- The homosexual role / Mary McIntosh -- Sexual matters : on conceptualizing sexuality in history / Robert Padgug -- Making up people / Ian Hacking -- Sex and the emergence of sexuality / Arnold Davidson -- Concepts, experience, and sexuality / John Boswell -- Reality or social construction? / James Weinrich -- Wrestling with the social boa constructor / Wayne R. Dynes -- Gay politics, ethnic identity : the limits of social constructionism / Steven Epstein -- Social constructionism and the study of human sexuality / Leonore Tiefer -- Conclusion : the essentials of constructionism and the construction of essentialism / Edward Stein.".
- catalog extent "xi, 366 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415904854".
- catalog isPartOf "Garland reference library of social science ; v. 642.".
- catalog isPartOf "Garland reference library of social science. Garland gay and lesbian studies ; vol. 1.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.76/6 20".
- catalog subject "Gays United States Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "HQ76.3.U5 F67 1992".
- catalog subject "Homosexuality United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Edward Stein -- The perverse implantation / Michel Foucault -- The homosexual role / Mary McIntosh -- Sexual matters : on conceptualizing sexuality in history / Robert Padgug -- Making up people / Ian Hacking -- Sex and the emergence of sexuality / Arnold Davidson -- Concepts, experience, and sexuality / John Boswell -- Reality or social construction? / James Weinrich -- Wrestling with the social boa constructor / Wayne R. Dynes -- Gay politics, ethnic identity : the limits of social constructionism / Steven Epstein -- Social constructionism and the study of human sexuality / Leonore Tiefer -- Conclusion : the essentials of constructionism and the construction of essentialism / Edward Stein.".
- catalog title "Forms of desire : sexual orientation and the social constructionist controversy / edited by Edward Stein.".
- catalog type "text".