A World History of Homosexuality
U3A course SBS19-2006
01 - Nauseous Subjects and Loathsome Expressions
Some Words of Introduction
Summary (1 to 5) [156Kb] | Course [190Kb]
02 - Born That Way
The Biological Basis of Homosexuality
Course [176Kb]
03 - Down and Dirty with Drosophila
Evolution and Homosexuality
Course [176Kb]
04 - My Mother Made Me Homosexual
Psychoanalysis and “Cure”
Course [160Kb]
05 - Cardinal Sin to Capital Vice
The Social Construction of Homosexuality
Course [148Kb]
06 - But what do gay men actually do?
Models of Male Homosexuality
Summary [24Kb] | Course [224Kb]
07 - Boy Wives of the Aranda
The Pre-History of Homosexuality I.
Summary [40Kb] | Course [80Kb]
08 - Making Men in Sambia Gardens
The Pre-history of Homosexuality II.
Summary [44Kb] | Course [80Kb]
09 - A Closer Look at Sacred Cows
Pedophilia and Pederasty
Summary [12Kb] | Course [32Kb]
10 - The Beautiful Way
Homosexuality in Japan.
Summary [16Kb] | Course [204Kb]
11 - Comrades of the Cut Sleeve
Homosexuality in China.
Summary [20Kb] | Course [152Kb]
12 - Making Mischief and a Past Reclaimed
Homosexuality in India.
Summary [20Kb] | Course [128Kb]
13 - Gazelles In the Garden of Allah
Homosexuality in the World of Islam.
Summary [20Kb] | Course [128Kb]
14 - City States and Civic Virtues
Homosexuality in Ancient Greece.
Summary [40Kb] | Course [272Kb]
15 - Real Men and Mincing Queans
Homosexuality in Ancient Rome.
Summary [156Kb] | Course [190Kb]
16 - Ragamuffins and Heroes Berserk
Homosexuality in Pre-Christian Europe.
Summary [92Kb] | Course [340Kb]
17 - Unpardonable Vice and Unspeakable Sin
Homosexuality in the Christian West.
Summary [20Kb] | Course [240Kb]
18 - Mother Clap and Scribblers Galore
Homosexuality in England in the Age of Enlightenment.
Summary [32Kb] | Course [152Kb]
19 - Shirt-lifting Down-Under
Sodomy in Sydney Town.
Summary [24Kb] | Course [152Kb]
20 - Diversity in Diversity
The Modern Gay Rights Movement & “Gay Marriage”.
Summary [28Kb] | Course [152Kb]
Literature
L01 - The Companionship of Men – The Epic of Gilgamish
L02 - A Regency Case Study: George, Lord Byron and “Don Leon”
L03 - Walt Whitman — the Adhesive Rough in a Populous City
L04 - Lawrence of Arabia and the Tides of Men.docthe Adhesive Rough in a Populous
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