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Author Pickett, Brent L
Title The A to Z of Homosexuality
Imprint Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2009
©2009
book jacket
Edition 122th ed
Descript 1 online resource (280 pages)
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computer c rdamedia
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Series The A to Z Guide Series ; v.122
The A to Z Guide Series
Note Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The Dictionary -- Bibliography -- About the Author
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
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Link Print version: Pickett, Brent L. The A to Z of Homosexuality Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press,c2009 9780810871595
Subject Homosexuality - History
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