Straight The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality

Name: Straight The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
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ISBN: 9780807044599

ISBN-10: 0807044598

ISBN-13: 9780807044599

Edition: 2012

Authors: Hanne Blank

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A sweeping history of heterosexuality—from its origins in nineteenth-century Germany to the court cases and controversies of today. Heterosexuality is not a fact of nature, it’s a nineteenth-century invention, only about as old as the traffic light. In this surprising chronicle, historian Hanne Blank digs deep into the past of sexual orientation while simultaneously exploring its contemporary psyche. Illuminating the hidden patterns in centuries of events and trends, Blank shows how culture creates and manipulates the ways we think about and experience desire, love, and relationships between men and women. Ranging from Henry VIII to testicle transplants, Disneyland to sodomy laws, and…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 8/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction: Sexual Disorientation



The Love That Could Not Speak Its Name



Carnal Knowledge



Straight Science



The Marrying Type



What's Love Got to Do with It?



The Pleasure Principle



Here There Be Dragons


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index