Myth of the Modern Homosexual
Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity
- 336 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
With careful reasoning supported by wide-ranging scholarship, this study exposes the fallacies of 'social constructionist' theories within lesbian and gay studies and makes a forceful case for the autonomy of queer identity and culture. It presents evidence that queers are part of a centuries-old history, possessing a unified historical and cultural identity. The volume reviews the fundamental historiographical issues about the nature of queer history, arguing that a new generation of queer historians will need to abandon authoritarian dogma founded upon politically-correct ideology rather than historical experience. Norton offers a clear exposition of the evidence for ancient, indigenous and pre-modern queer cultural continuity, revealing how knowledge of that history has been suppressed and censored and sets out the 'queer cultural essentialist' position on the key topics of queer history â role, identity, bisexuality, orientation, linguistics, social control, homophobia, subcultures, and kinship patterns.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part One: Social Constructionism and Other Myths
- Part Two: The Nature of Queer History
- Part Three: Queer Culture
- References
- Index