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Sexological Discourse and the Making of the Homosexual: An Analysis of Masculinity, Identity and Relationships |
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This research analyzes how sexologists defined same-sex practices and their practitioners in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through a textual analysis on the body of literature of some of the “experts”, who are Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, and Magnus Hirschfeld, from Germany and Austria, I explain the ways in which masculinity and sexuality are constructed. Through this project, I uncover the ways in which self-identified same-sex practitioners are labeled by the experts and how this shapes the way they speak about same-sex relationships. Overall, this paper will expand on the shortcomings of the sexologists in defining same-sex practices and practitioners through a conversation about masculinity, identity, and same-sex relationships. Most importantly, I provide insights on the level in which same-sex practitioners accepted the experts’ labeling and, accordingly, the level in which they rejected those labels. Consequently, I examine the experts’ stories and their selection of same-sex practitioners’ narratives to further our understanding of the history of “homosexuality.” |
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Name: American Sociological Association
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| Chillmon, Carly. "Sexological Discourse and the Making of the Homosexual: An Analysis of Masculinity, Identity and Relationships" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p19364_index.html> |
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| Chillmon, C. M. , 2005-08-12 "Sexological Discourse and the Making of the Homosexual: An Analysis of Masculinity, Identity and Relationships" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p19364_index.html |
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Abstract: This research analyzes how sexologists defined same-sex practices and their practitioners in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through a textual analysis on the body of literature of some of the “experts”, who are Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, and Magnus Hirschfeld, from Germany and Austria, I explain the ways in which masculinity and sexuality are constructed. Through this project, I uncover the ways in which self-identified same-sex practitioners are labeled by the experts and how this shapes the way they speak about same-sex relationships. Overall, this paper will expand on the shortcomings of the sexologists in defining same-sex practices and practitioners through a conversation about masculinity, identity, and same-sex relationships. Most importantly, I provide insights on the level in which same-sex practitioners accepted the experts’ labeling and, accordingly, the level in which they rejected those labels. Consequently, I examine the experts’ stories and their selection of same-sex practitioners’ narratives to further our understanding of the history of “homosexuality.” |
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| Sexological Discourse and the Making of the Homosexual: An Analysis of Masculinity Identity and Relationships Introduction The shaping of “sex” is a historical process that has taken centuries to construct meaning. Prior to the nineteenth century official disapproval of homosexual activities stemmed mainly from Judeo-Christian religious doctrines upon which secular laws prohibiting “offenses against nature” were based (Terry 1999). Religion and law comprised the chief authoritative discourses through which “homosexuality” was understood. This authority changed with the emergence in |
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