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Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword: The Book and Its Author (Stephen Halliwell, University of St Andrews, UK) -- Foreword: The Book and its Influence (Mark Masterson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and James Robson, Open University, UK) Preface -- Abbreviations I PROBLEMS, SOURCES AND METHODS -- 1 Scale -- 2 The Visual Arts -- 3 Literature -- 4 Vocabulary II THE PROSECUTION OF TIMARKHOS -- A The Law -- 1 Male Prostitution -- 2 Penalties -- 3 Status -- 4 Hubris -- B Manifestations of Eros -- 1 Defences against a Charge of Prostitution -- 2 Eros and Desire -- 3 Eros and Love -- 4 Following and Fighting -- 5 Homosexual Poetry -- C Nature and Society -- 1 Natura/Impulse -- 2 Male and Female Physique -- 3 Masculine and Feminine Styles -- 4 Pursuit and Flight -- 5 Courtship and Copulation -- 6 Dominant and Subordinate Roles III SPECIAL ASPECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS -- A Publicity -- B Predilections and Fantasies -- C Comic Exploitation -- D Philosophical Exploitation -- E Women and Homosexuality IV CHANGES -- A The Dorians -- B Myth and History Postscript, 1989 List of Vases -- Bibliography -- Index of Greek Texts and Documents -- Index of Greek Words -- General Index

A contribution to a symposium on, "Gays & the Left," points out that sexual relations between men were praised in Ancient Greece & widely tolerated in Christian Europe until the late 12th century. A morality of compulsory heterosexuality emerged during the Industrial Revolution with the extension of the bourgeois family model based on patriarchal supremacy & strictly-defined gender roles. A look at attitudes toward homosexuality among socialists notes that Marx & Engels never actively criticized homophobia & the socialist press avoided the topic of homosexuality until gay liberation was temporarily extolled during the Bolshevik Revolution. However, homosexuality was criminalized under Stalin & gays were persecuted as "asocial" outsiders who represented a potential threat to the new system. This homophobia was reproduced in Communist parties throughout the world. Although much progress has been made, the strong resistance to equalizing marriage rights indicates the struggle for full sexual equality is far from over. Emphasis is placed on the need for socialists to lead the movement toward a populist, anti-capitalist party that advocates for gay rights. J. Lindroth

An examination of Sigmund Freud's relation to homosexuality argues that recent scholarly works calling Freud one of the foremost inventors of contemporary homophobia contain only a grain of truth. It is contended that Freud viewed homosexuality as normalizing vs pathologizing; ie, he considered heterosexuality the normal result of identity formation & did not see homosexuality as a sickness. Further, his view of homosexuality was universalizing, not minoritizing, because he was against isolating homosexuals as a separate class. However, his far harsher treatment of lesbians than gay men is evidence of his misogyny. While he denied any link between homosexual object choice & character inversion (effeminacy) in males, he saw lesbians as always mannish. It is concluded that efforts by analysts to "cure" homosexuality are decidedly anti-Freudian, maintaining that Freud came close to saying homosexuality was not in the range of any therapy. J. Lindroth

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. The Enlightenment Confronts Homosexuality -- 2. The Marquis de Villette and Mademoiselle de Raucourt: Representations of Male and Female Sexual Deviance in Late Eighteenth-century France -- 3. Pass as a Woman, Act like a Man: Marie-Antoinette as Tribade in the Pornography of the French Revolution -- 4. The Regulation of Male Homosexuality in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, 1789-1815 -- 5. Creating Boundaries: Homosexuality and the Changing Social Order in France, 1830-1870 -- 6. Love and Death in Gay Paris: Homosexuality and Criminality in the 1870s -- 7. Pointy Penises, Fashion Crimes, and Hysterical Mollies: The Pederasts' Inversions -- 8. Invisible Women: Lesbian Working-class Culture in France, 1880-1930 -- 9. Natalism, Homosexuality, and the Controversy over Corydon -- 10. Michel Foucault's Sexuality and the History of Homosexuality in France -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

A fascinating exploration of how the law--as viewed and decided by the courts--often embodies fear and prejudice against homosexuality, and thereby, becomes the instrument for discrimination. This valuable book covers a wide range of subjects, illustrating the extent to which the lives of gay persons are touched by these laws and providing a highly critical examination of the response by the American judicial system to our claims for equal protection under the law. Leading law professors and practicing lawyers address the important legal issues and court decisions relevant to male and female h

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