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

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.>

Product details

• Authors: Rictor Norton, Norton Rictor
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2016
• EAN: 9781474286930
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-8693-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Gender Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Gender Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Social and cultural history, Gay & Lesbian studies, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, HISTORY / LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics