Forms of Desire - Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy (Paperback)

The social constructionist controversy is perhaps the central issue in lesbian and gay studies. 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 essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and several different approaches, to this debate about the history and science of sexuality. Contributors are: John Boswell, Arnold Davidson, Wayne R. Dynes, Steven Epstein, Michel Foucault, Ian Hacking, Mary McIntosh, Robert Padgug, Edward Stein, Leonore Tiefer, and James Weinrich.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1992
First published:	1990
Editors:	Edward Stein
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	366
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-90485-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General
LSN:	0-415-90485-4
Barcode:	9780415904858

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