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"Heterosexuality" is assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm. This work challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. It reveals that as late as 1923, the term "heterosexuality" referred to a "morbid sexual passion".

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"A superb and iconoclastic critique of the history of heterosexuality." - Richard Horton, New York Review of Books "Engaging... important.... Among the best books I have read on sexual identity.... It can change the way you think about sex and gender, about yourself, and about whom you might become." - Louise DeSalvo, Los Angeles Times "Lively and provocative." - Carol Tavris, New York Times Book Review "A valuable primer [that] 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, Advocate"

The Invention of Heterosexuality

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    A Paperback / softback by Jonathan Ned Katz

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/06/2007
      ISBN13: 9780226426013, 978-0226426013
      ISBN10: 0226426017
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      Book Synopsis
      "Heterosexuality" is assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm. This work challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. It reveals that as late as 1923, the term "heterosexuality" referred to a "morbid sexual passion".

      Trade Review
      "A superb and iconoclastic critique of the history of heterosexuality." - Richard Horton, New York Review of Books "Engaging... important.... Among the best books I have read on sexual identity.... It can change the way you think about sex and gender, about yourself, and about whom you might become." - Louise DeSalvo, Los Angeles Times "Lively and provocative." - Carol Tavris, New York Times Book Review "A valuable primer [that] 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, Advocate"

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