{"product_id":"the-invention-of-heterosexuality-9780226426013","title":"The Invention of Heterosexuality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Heterosexuality,\" assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm, has been largely exempt from critical scrutiny. In this boldly original work, Jonathan Ned Katz challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. Building on the history of medical terminology, he reveals that as late as 1923, the term \"heterosexuality\" referred to a \"morbid sexual passion,\" and that its current usage emerged to legitimate men and women having sex for pleasure. Drawing on the works of Sigmund Freud, James Baldwin, Betty Friedan, and Michel Foucault, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Heterosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e considers the effects of heterosexuality's recently forged primacy on both scientific literature and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Lively and provocative.\"-Carol Tavris, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"A valuable primer . . . misses no significant twists in sexual politics.\"-Gary Indiana, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"One of the most important-if not outright subversive-works to emerge from gay and lesbian studies in years.\"-Mark Thompson, \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJonathan Ned Katz \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eGay American History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491626389778,"sku":"9780226426013","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09cc3e51-1dc0-46fa-8d6a-7b0e21431fa6.jpg?v=1730545034","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-invention-of-heterosexuality-9780226426013","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}