The invention of heterosexual culture / Louis-Georges Tin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tin, Louis-Georges.

Standardized Title:

Invention de la culture hétérosexuelle. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heterosexuality--History.

Heterosexuality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rise of heterosexual culture and the resistance it met from feudal lords, church fathers, and the medical profession.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Part I Chivalric Opposition to Heterosexual Culture; 1 The Middle Ages: From a Homosocial to a Heterosexual Culture; 2 The Renaissance: The Continuing Conflict between Homosocial Tradition and Heterosexual Culture; 3 The Seventeenth Century: The Triumph of Heterosexual Cultureover Chivalric Opposition; Part II Ecclesiastical Opposition to Heterosexual Culture; 4 The Medieval Church versus the Heterosexual Couple; 5 The Renaissance: The Enduring Conflict between the Church and Heterosexual Culture

6 The Seventeenth Century: The Triumph of Heterosexual Culture over Ecclesiastical Opposition7 The Twentieth Century: The Last Traces of Clerical Opposition; Part III Medical Opposition to Heterosexual Culture; 8 Heterosexual Love and Medieval and Renaissance Medicine; 9 The Seventeenth Century: From Lovesickness to Curative Love; 10 The Twentieth Century: The Last Traces of Medical Opposition; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Originally published by Editions Autrement in 2008 as: L'invention de la culture hétérosexuelle.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-30501-1

1-283-57462-4

9786613887078

0-262-30593-3

OCLC:

809047401