Reinventing the male homosexual : the rhetoric and power of the gay gene /
Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene examines the assumption that embracing the biological research on homosexuality is a viable political strategy for the gay rights movement. The biological argument for gay rights is treated as a "bio-rhetoric, " a mean...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press,
[2002]
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| Series: | Race, gender, and science.
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| Summary: | Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene examines the assumption that embracing the biological research on homosexuality is a viable political strategy for the gay rights movement. The biological argument for gay rights is treated as a "bio-rhetoric, " a means of incorporating scientific research into public debates. The book investigates the biological research on which this gay rights argument is based, and explores how male homosexuality is conceptualized in the fields of behavioral genetics, neuroendocrinology, sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology. Robert Alan Brookey demonstrates that most biological research begins with the assumption that male homosexuality is a state of physical effeminate pathology. Although biological research may seem to support a pro-gay rights agenda, the same research can actually be used to support conservative political interests. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | x, 167 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0253340578 9780253340573 0253215129 9780253215123 0253108918 9780253108913 |