| Description |
1 online resource (l, 229 pages) |
| Series |
A to Z guides series ; no. 122 |
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A to Z guides ; 122.
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| Contents |
Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author |
| Summary |
The A to Z of Homosexuality provides a comprehensive survey of same-sex relations from ancient China and Greece to the contemporary world. Philosophic treatments, such as natural law and queer theory, along with legal issues and court decisions are included. Global in its coverage of the variety of same-sex relations, their legal treatment, and social norms concerning same-sex attraction, this reference includes a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on specific countries and regions, influential historical figures, laws that criminalized same-sex sexuality, various historical terms that have been used to refer to aspects of same-sex love, and contemporary events and legal decisions |
| Notes |
The print version was originally published with the title Historical dictionary of homosexuality (series: Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements, no. 96) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Homosexuality -- History -- Dictionaries
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
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Homosexuality
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780810870727 |
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081087072X |
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