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The Gilded Age Construction of American Homophobia

The Gilded Age Construction of American Homophobia

Hatheway, J.

Hardcover

19th Century United States HistoryGeneral World HistoryGLBTQIA Studies

ISBN10: 0312234929
ISBN13: 9780312234928
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 1 2003
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.36 Depth: 8.46
Language: English
The Gilded Age Construction of American Homophobia is an analysis of the negative response to the discovery of the homosexual in late Nineteenth century America. In this period of social distress, many Americans came to doubt the underlying assumptions of national progress. If the United States were to remain true to its promise of earthly perfection, then the forces of social disharmony had to be overcome. Homosexuality, however, challenged the very notions of order and progress. This book investigates the responses of the emergent medical community to this problem, and concludes with a discussion of how the negative reception of the homosexual impacted the future social conception of gay men and women.

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