Vynález heterosexuality
The Invention of Heterosexuality
Author(s): Jonathan Ned KatzSubject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Sociologický ústav
Keywords: heterosexuality; homosexuality; USA; medical discourse; history of sexuality
Summary/Abstract: The paper maps the history of the term and ideas about heterosexuality in the United States of America since the second half of the 19th century until the 20th century. Katz focuses primarily on the construction of the concept and terminological apparatus of heterosexuality (and homosexuality) in the medical discourse, its entry into the social mind and historical changes in the subsequent periods.
Journal: Gender rovné příležitosti výzkum
- Issue Year: 14/2013
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 4-13
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Czech