The Invention of Heterosexuality
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The Invention of Heterosexuality

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The Invention of Heterosexuality

About this book

"Heterosexuality," assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm, has been largely exempt from critical scrutiny. In this boldly original work, Jonathan Ned Katz challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one.  Building on the history of medical terminology, he reveals that as late as 1923, the term "heterosexuality" referred to a "morbid sexual passion," and that its current usage emerged to legitimate men and women having sex for pleasure. Drawing on the works of Sigmund Freud, James Baldwin, Betty Friedan, and Michel Foucault, The Invention of Heterosexuality considers the effects of heterosexuality's recently forged primacy on both scientific literature and popular culture.

 "Lively and provocative."—Carol Tavris, New York Times Book Review

 "A valuable primer . . . misses no significant twists in sexual politics."—Gary Indiana, Village Voice Literary Supplement

 "One of the most important—if not outright subversive—works to emerge from gay and lesbian studies in years."—Mark Thompson, The Advocate

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Title Page
  4. Praise for the Invention of Heterosexuality
  5. About the Author
  6. Contents
  7. Preface, 2006
  8. 1. The Genealogy of a Sex Concept: From Homosexual History to Heterosexual History
  9. 2. The Debut of the Heterosexual: Richard von Krafft-Ebing and the Mind Doctors
  10. 3. Before Heterosexuality: Looking Backward
  11. 4. Making the Heterosexual Mystiques: Sigmund Freud’s Seminal Conceptions
  12. 5. The Heterosexual Comes Out: From Doctor Discourse to the Mass Media
  13. 6. Questioning the Heterosexual Mystique: Some Liberal Feminist and Radical Feminist Verdicts
  14. 7. The Lesbian Menace Strikes Back: Some Lavender Feminist Critiques
  15. 8. Toward a New Pleasure System: Looking Forward
  16. Afterword
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. A Note on the Type