Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity

di Rictor Norton (Autore)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2016

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.

• Autore: Rictor Norton
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Collana: Gender Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
• Anno: 2016
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 336 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 653 gr.
• EAN: 9781474286930

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