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PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786469269

ISBN-139780786469260

eBay Product ID (ePID)114157863

Product Key Features

Number of Pages478 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameOrigins and Role of Same-Sex Relations in Human Societies

SubjectLgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

AuthorJames Neill

Subject AreaSocial Science, Psychology

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight28.9 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-027100

Dewey Edition22

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Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.76/609

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Heterosexual Myth PART I. THE INHERITANCE OF NATURE 1. Against Nature? Homosexual Behavior in the Animal World 2. The Nature People: Same-Sex Behavior Among Indigenous Peoples 3. The Inheritance of Nature: The Ambisexual Harmony of Human Sexuality PART II. AMBISEXUAL TRADITIONS IN WORLD CIVILIZATIONS 4. Same-Sex Behavior at the Dawn of Civilization 5. Love Between Warriors: Homosexual Customs of the Early Indo-Europeans 6. Greek Homosexuality: The Age of Heroes--Love-Inspired Valor 7. Greek Homosexuality: Educational Homosexuality in Classical Greece 8. Ambisexuality in Ancient Rome: Homosexual Customs in the Republic and Early Empire 9. Ambisexuality in Ancient Rome: The Christianized Empire and the Foundations of Western Homophobia 10. A Regal Love: The Ancient Traditions of Same-Sex Love in China 11. Monks and Warriors: A Thousand Years of Noble Love in Japan 12. Homosexual Love in the World of Islam PART III. SEXUAL NEUROSIS IN WESTERN SOCIETY 13. Medieval Europe: Sexual Tolerance in the Age of Chivalry 14. Medieval Europe: The Propagation of Neurosis 15. Authoritarian Religion versus Human Ambisexuality 16. Nature Out of Balance: Sexual Neurosis in Modern Society Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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SynopsisThrough a survey of role homosexual behaviour has played among animal species and human societies alike, this arrives at some provocative conclusions: that a homosexual or bisexual phase is a normal part of sexual development; same-sex relations play a balancing role in regulating reproduction; many societies had institutionalised homosexual traditions in the past; and the condemnation of homosexuality in Western society is a relatively recent phenomenon., This groundbreaking work draws on a vast range of research into human sexuality to demonstrate that homosexuality is not a phenomenon limited to a small minority of society, but is an aspect of a complex sexual harmony that the human race inherited from its animal ancestors. Through a survey of the patterns of sexual expression found among animals and among societies around the world, and an examination of the functional role homosexual behavior has played among animal species and human societies alike, the author arrives at some provocative conclusions: that a homosexual or bisexual phase is a normal part of sexual development, that same-sex relations play an important balancing role in regulating human reproduction, that many societies have institutionalized homosexual traditions in the past, and that the harsh condemnation of homosexuality in Western society is a relatively recent phenomenon, unique among world societies throughout history. This well researched and meticulously documented book is the first that integrates into a coherent picture the startling revelations about human sexuality coming from the recent work of sexual researchers, psychologists, anthropologists and historians. The view that emerges, of an ambisexual human species whose complex sexual harmony is being thwarted by the imposition of an artificial understanding of nature, represents a new way of thinking about sex.

LC Classification NumberHQ76.25.N45 2009