Ebook {Epub PDF} Homophobia: A History by Byrne R.S. Fone

Homophobia by Byrne R. S. Fone. Publication date Topics Homophobia, Homosexuality -- History Publisher Metropolitan Books Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language www.doorway.ru Interaction Count:  · by. Byrne R.S. Fone. · Rating details · ratings · 14 reviews. In this tour de force of historical and literary research, Fone, an acclaimed expert on gay and lesbian history and professor emeritus at the City University of New York, chronicles the evolution of homophobia through the centuries. Delving into literary sources as diverse as Greek philosophy, Elizabethan poetry, the Bible, /5(14).  · Homophobia: A History by Byrne R.S. Fone In this tour de force of historical and literary research, Fone, an acclaimed expert on gay and lesbian history and professor emeritus at the City University of New York, chronicles the evolution of homophobia through the centuries. Delving into literary sources as diverse as Greek philosophy, Elizabethan poetry, the Bible, and the Victorian /

It is the last acceptable prejudice. In an age when racial and ethnic name-calling are viewed with distaste, and physical epithets are frowned upon, hatred of homosexuals remains rife. Now, in a tour de force of historical and literary research, Byrne Fone chronicles the evolution of homophobia through the centuries. Fone clearly has an agenda--a plea for an end of Western homophobia--but Homophobia is good history writing in the making of that plea. Beginning in Antiquity, Fone amply documents the acceptance of--even preference for--same-sex genital relationships: first in Greece, and later, to a lesser degree, in Rome. Homofobia/ Homophobia: Una historia/ a History: Byrne Fone, Daniel Rey: Books - In this tour de force of historical and literary research, Fone, an acclaimed expert on gay and lesbian history and professor emeritus at the City University of New.

In this tour de force of historical and literary research, Fone, an acclaimed expert on gay and lesbian history and professor emeritus at the City University of New York, chronicles the evolution of homophobia through the centuries. Delving into literary sources as diverse as Greek philosophy, Elizabethan poetry, the Bible, and the Victorian novel, as well as historical texts and propaganda ranging from the French Revolution to the Moral Majority to the transcripts of current TV talk shows. Homophobia by Byrne R. S. Fone. Publication date Topics Homophobia, Homosexuality -- History Publisher Metropolitan Books Collection inlibrary;. The first comprehensive history of homophobia-from ancient Athens to the halls of Congress-this bold, original work is certain to become a www.doorway.ru is the last acceptable prejudice. In an age.