Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy

by Edward R. Stein

Book Overview

Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories.
Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and approaches...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415904854
• ISBN13: 9780415904858
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"