Queer science : the use and abuse of research into homosexuality
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Queer science : the use and abuse of research into homosexuality
MIT Press, c1996
- : pbk
Available at 16 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-347) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780262121996
Description
What makes people gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual and do people care? These are the twins themes of this volume, which is a scientific and social analysis of research in the field of sexual orientation.
Table of Contents
- Hirschfeld and the third sex
- the nature and prevalence of homosexuality
- the talking cure
- learning and unlearning homosexuality
- hormones
- the brain
- mental traits
- stress
- genes
- against nature?
- sickness or health?
- science and the law
- science fiction - science future?
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: pbk ISBN 9780262621199
Description
What makes people gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual? And who cares? Written by one of the leading scientists in the research of sexual orientation, Queer Science looks at how scientific discoveries about homosexuality influence society's attitude toward gays and lesbians, beginning with the theories of the German sexologist and gay-rights pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld and culminating with the latest discoveries in brain science, genetics, endocrinology, and cognitive psychology.
Table of Contents
- Hirschfeld and the third sex
- the nature and prevalence of homosexuality
- the talking cure
- learning and unlearning homosexuality
- hormones
- the brain
- mental traits
- stress
- genes
- against nature?
- sickness or health?
- science and the law
- science fiction - science future?
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