LEADER 04904nam 22006253u 450 001 9910159427203321 005 20230126212442.0 010 $a1-59079-972-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000285864 035 $a(EBL)1845793 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001643857 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16407835 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001643857 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12102639 035 $a(PQKB)10947417 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7405913 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7405913 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000285864 100 $a20141124d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Missing Myth$b[electronic resource] $eA New Vision of Same-Sex Love 210 $aCork $cBookBaby$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (882 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59079-242-4 327 $aFront Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: A Renovated Homosexual Discourse; Perspective and Context; Cultural Paradigm; The Time Dimension: from Individual Development to Species Evolution; Context-Determined versus Context-Aware; The True, the Good, and the Beautiful; PART I The True; 1 The Homosexual Presence; Demographics; An Elusive Variable: Homosexual Identity; Homosexualities; Lesbian Love; Debunking the Homosexual "Conundrum"; Homosexuality Today; 2 The Homosexual Phenomenon; A Two-Component System 327 $aHomosexual Orientation and Homosexual Preference3 The Homosexual Body; Epistemological Depth; Predict and Control; Homosexuality, Viewed from the Outside; Homosexuality, Viewed from the Inside; 4 The Biology of Desire; A Post-"Nature versus Nurture" Homosexual Discourse; Genetic? Biological? ... What?; The Smell of Desire; 5 Up From the Jungle; On Sex and Violence; The Invention of Sex; The Evolutionary Logic of Homosexual Behavior; Pretty Boys; When Less Is More; The Roots of Homophobia; 6 The Fear of the Unknown; The Unknown; The Testosterone Dilemma; The Making of Otherness; Belonging 327 $aKnowingSex and the Miracle of Life; PART II The Good; 7 Immaterial Realities; The Dynamics of the Invisible; The Evolution of Morals; The Logic of Homosexual Rights; The Problem of Homosexuality; 8 The Fall from Grace; The Jews: Difference and Purity; Greek Love; A Discrete Cultural Revolution; The Desacralization of Sex; The Brothels of Rome; Love your Neighbor as Yourself; Inventing the Sodomite; Homosexuality's Destiny; 9 The Great Transformation; The Context of a New Revolution; Modernity and the Art of Measuring; Postmodernity and the Face of the Unknown; Gay Liberation 327 $aFor the Love of Comrades: the Emergence of Modern Homosexuality10 The Missing Myth; Myths and Mythos; Mythic Representations of Same-Sex Desire; A Mythic Void; Sodom and Gomorrah; The Fear of Chaos; The Failure of Modernity; 11 A Symbolic Existence; Mythos versus Logos; A Global Mythos; Homosexuality in the Global Mythos; The Missing Myth: Lost and Found; Stereotypes; Rituals; 12 Equal Rights - Different Rites; Predictability, Membership, and Meaning; The Three Pillars of Traditional Marriage; The Cosmic Order; Same-Sex Marriage; Equal Rights, Not Equal Rites; 13 Away from Nature 327 $aThe Real Nature vs. Nurture DebateThe Evolutionary Telos; PART III The Beautiful; 14 To Be Free and Free to Be; Free to Be, at Last; Failed Heterosexuals?; Insults; 15 The Unfolding of the Homosexual Self; Homosexual Identity, Moving Target; A Map of Homosexual Development; Homosexual Identity Development, Here and Now; Six Stages of Homosexual Identity Development; The Lesbian Specificity; Reclaiming Our Children; 16 Becoming; Becoming Homosexual; The Mythopoetic Revolution; Philia; References; Notes; About the Author 330 $a If homosexual behavior is an aberration from the standpoint of reproduction, why is it widespread among humans, primates, and a myriad of other animal species, and why has it been favored by evolution? And if homosexuality is considered a moral problem based on religious beliefs, why were more homosexuals exterminated under the brief reigns of such 517 $aMissing Myth 606 $aHomosexuality$xGenetic aspects 606 $aHomosexuality 606 $aGender & Ethnic Studies$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aGay & Lesbian Studies$2HILCC 615 0$aHomosexuality$xGenetic aspects 615 0$aHomosexuality 615 7$aGender & Ethnic Studies 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aGay & Lesbian Studies 676 $a306.76/6 700 $aHerrada$b Gilles$01241876 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159427203321 996 $aThe Missing Myth$92880586 997 $aUNINA