
Straight
The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
Hanne Blank(Author)
Beacon Press
Published on 28. August 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-8070-4459-9 (ISBN)
Description
Like the typewriter and the light bulb, the heterosexual was invented in the 1860s and swiftly transformed Western culture. The idea of "the heterosexual" was unprecedented. After all, men and women had been having sex, marrying, building families, and sometimes even falling in love for millennia without having any special name for their emotions or acts. Yet, within half a century, "heterosexual" had become a byword for "normal," enshrined in law, medicine, psychiatry, and the media as a new gold standard for human experience. With an eclectic scope and fascinating detail, Straight tells the eye-opening story of a complex and often contradictory man-made creation that turns out to be anything but straight or narrow.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston, MA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 151 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8070-4459-9 (9780807044599)
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Person
Writer and historian Hanne Blank is the author of Virgin: The Untouched History and seven other books that explore the intersections of sexuality, gender, the body, and culture.