Title: The Myth of the Modern Homosexual
Subtitle: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity
First published: 1997
Description: "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 ? role, identity, bisexuality, orientation, linguistics, social control, homophobia, subcultures, and kinship patterns."--
Subjects: Gays, History, Homosexuality, Homosexuality, Male, Male Homosexuality, Gay & Lesbian studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Sociology, Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction, Gay Studies, Historiography, Lesbian Studies, Men's Studies - General, Homosexuality, history, Gays, history, LGBTQ history, LGBTQ queer theory, Philosophy
LC classification: HQ76.25 .N67 1997