The Gilded Age Construction of American Homophobia
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: June 28, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780312234928
Subjects: Cultural studies; Gay & Lesbian studies; Social History; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Gay Studies; United States - 19th Century/Gilded Age; Social Science / Gay Studies; United States - 19th Century; 19th century; Homophobia; Homosexuality; Public opinion; Sexology; United States
Description: This book is an analysis of the negative response to the discovery of the homosexual in late 19th century America. It investigates the responses of the emergent medical community to this problem, and concludes with a discussion of how the negative reception of the homosexual impacted the future social conception of gay men and women.