Departing from Deviance - Henry L. Minton

Departing from Deviance

A History of Homosexual Rights and Emancipatory Science in America

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Buch | Softcover
355 Seiten
2001
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-53044-4 (ISBN)
39,90 inkl. MwSt
In this study Henry L. Minton traces the history of gay and lesbian emancipatory research from its early beginnings in the late 19th century to its role in challenging the mental illness model in the 1970s. He describes the accomplishments made by key researchers and mainstream sexologists.
The struggle to remove the stigma of sickness surrounding same-sex love has a long history. In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its diagnostic classification of mental illness, but the groundwork for this decision was laid centuries earlier. In this study Henry L. Minton looks back at the struggle of the American gay and lesbian activists who chose scientific research as a path for advocating homosexual rights. He traces the history of gay and lesbian emancipatory research from its early beginnings in the late 19th century to its role in challenging the illness model in the 1970s. By examining archival sources and unpublished manuscripts, Minton reveals the substantial accomplishments made by key researchers and relates their life stories. He also considers the contributions of mainstream sexologists such as Alfred C. Kinsey and Evelyn Hooker who supported the cause through the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Henry L. Minton is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Windsor, Canada. He is the author of Lewis M. Terman: Pioneer in Psychological Testing and Currents of Thought in American Social Psychology.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.2.2002
Sprache englisch
Maße 16 x 23 mm
Gewicht 539 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 0-226-53044-2 / 0226530442
ISBN-13 978-0-226-53044-4 / 9780226530444
Zustand Neuware
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