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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451936503321

Autore

Herdt Gilbert H <1949, >

Titolo

Same sex, different cultures : exploring Gay and Lesbian lives / / by Gilbert H Herdt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]

©1998

ISBN

0-367-09607-2

0-429-49746-6

1-283-30109-1

9786613301093

0-8133-4704-1

1-4294-9163-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

306.76/6

306.766

Soggetti

Homosexuality

Lesbianism

Gay men

Lesbians

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Gays and Lesbians Across Cultures; Cultural Concepts of Homosexuality; From Gay and Lesbian to Queer Studies; Sexual Cultures and Sexual Lifeways; Sexual Cultures; Comparing Sexual Lifeways; Morality and Normality; Cultural History of Homosexuality; Is Homosexuality Universal?; 2 Cultural Myths About Homosexuality; Age-Structured Homoerotic Relationships; Gender-Transformed Relationships; Role-Structured Relations; 3 Same-Gender Relations in Nonwestern Cultures; Sambia Boys' Ritual Initiation

Mojave Two-Spirit InitiationComing Out-Gay and Lesbian Teens in America; 4 Coming of Age and Coming Out Ceremonies Across



Cultures; Historical China; Dakar, Senegal; Mexico; Brazil; India; Kathoey of Thailand; Globalization, Gay/Lesbian Identities, and AIDS; 5 Sexual Lifeways and Homosexuality in Developing Countries; From Closet Homosexuality to Gayness and Lesbianism; The Netherlands; Bisexuality and Sexual Change in America; The Magic Number of Homosexuals; 6 Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals in Contemporary Society; 7 Conclusion: Culture and Empowerment of Sexual Minorities; Glossary

ReferencesAbout the Book and Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Because homoerotic relations can be found in so many cultures, Gilbert Herdt argues that we should think of these relations as part of the human condition. This new cross-cultural study of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals around the world, Same Sex, Different Cultures provides a unique perspective on maturing and living within societies, both historical and contemporary, that not only acknowledge but also incorporate same-gender desires and relations.Examining what it means to organize ?sex? in a society that lacks a category for ?sex,? or to love someone of the same gender when society does not have a ?homosexual? or ?gay/lesbian? role, Herdt provides provocative new insights in our understanding of gay and lesbians lives. Accurate in both its scientific conceptions and wealth of cultural and historical material, examples range from the ancient Greeks and feudal China and Japan to the developing countries of Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, and Thailand, from a New Guinea society to contemporary U.S. culture, including Native Americans. For all of these peoples, homoerotic relations emerge as part of culture?and not separate from history or society.In many of these groups, loving or engaging in sexual relations is found to be the very basis of the local cultural theory of ?human nature? and the mythological basis for the cosmos and the creation of society. The mistake of modern Western culture, Gilbert contends, is to continue the legalization of prejudice against lesbians and gays.In this light, the book addresses the issue of ?universal? versus particular practices and reveals positive role models that embrace all aspects of human sexuality. Finally, it offers knowledge of the existence of persons who have loved and have been intimate sexually and romantically with the same gender in other lands through divergent cultural practices and social roles.The most important lesson to learn from this cross-cultural and historical study of homosexuality is that there is room for many at the table of humankind.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910571708303321

Autore

Portaluri Pier Luigi

Titolo

150 anni dall'unificazione amministrativa italiana . Volume II La coesione politico-territoriale / / Pier Luigi Portaluri [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Florence : , : Firenze University Press, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 pages)

Disciplina

342.06

Soggetti

Administrative law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In 1865, there was the enactment of the laws of administrative unification for the Kingdom of Italy. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary, the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Florence organized a study project on the transformations which over the last fifty years have affected the Italian Republic's administrative apparatus and activities. They analysed in its articulated local government and its EU membership. Over nearly two years, the researches have involved more than one hundred and fifty scholars from Italian universities. The results were presented on 15th and 16th October 2015 in Florence, the Italian capital city a hundred and fifty years before, which in 1965 had hosted the conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of the same administrative unification laws. The conducted studies are now published in definitive form and organized into eight volumes. Table of contents I. The organization of public administrations between national state and European integration, edited by Roberto Cavallo Perin, Aristide Police, Fabio Saitta II. Political and territorial cohesion, edited by Gabriella De Giorgi Cezzi, Pier Luigi Portaluri III. Legalization, edited by Barbara Marchetti, Mauro Renna IV. Technification, edited by Stefano Civitarese Matteucci, Luisa Torchia V. Public intervention in the economy, edited by Maurizio Cafagno, Francesco Manganaro VI. Unification and cultural pluralism, edited by Edoardo Chiti, Gianluca Gardini, Aldo Sandulli VII. Administrative justice as a service (between effectiveness and efficiency), edited by Gian



Domenico Comporti VIII. Administrative citizenships, edited by Antonio Bartolini, Alessandra Pioggia.