Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene
(Part of the Race, Gender, and Science Series)
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Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene examines the assumption that embracing the biological research on homosexuality is a viable political strategy for the gay rights movement. The biological argument for gay rights is treated as a "bio-rhetoric," a means of incorporating scientific research into public debates. The book investigates the biological research on which this gay rights argument is based, and explores how male homosexuality is conceptualised in the fields of behavioural genetics, neuroendocrinology, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology. The investigation reveals that the majority of biological research imagines male homosexuality to be a state of physical effeminate pathology. Although the biological research may seem to support a pro-gay rights agenda, the biological research can actually be used support conservative political interests.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0253340578
ISBN13:9780253340573
Release Date:March 2002
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:184 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.8"
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