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020 $a0262121999 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aLeVay, Simon.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92119263
245 10 $aQueer science :$bthe use and abuse of research into homosexuality /$cSimon LeVay.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bMIT Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $ax, 364 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-347) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tHirschfeld and the Third Sex --$g2.$tThe Nature and Prevalence of Homosexuality --$g3.$tThe Talking Cure --$g4.$tLearning and Unlearning Homosexuality --$g5.$tHormones --$g6.$tThe Brain --$g7.$tMental Traits --$g8.$tStress --$g9.$tGenes --$g10.$tAgainst Nature? --$g11.$tSickness or Health? --$g12.$tScience and the Law --$g13.$tScience Fiction - Science Future? --$g14.$tConclusions.
520 $aWhat makes people gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual? And who cares? These are the twin themes of Queer Science, a scientific and social analysis of research in the field of sexual orientation.
520 8 $aWritten by one of the leading scientists involved in this research, it looks at how scientific discoveries about homosexuality influence society's attitude toward gays and lesbians, beginning with the theories of the German sexologist and gay-rights pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld and culminating with the latest discoveries in brain science, genetics, and endocrinology, and cognitive psychology.
520 8 $aResearch into homosexuality exemplifies both the promise and the danger of science applied to human nature. LeVay argues that the question of causation should not be the crucial issue in the gay-rights debate, but that science does have an important contribution to make.
520 8 $aIt can help to demonstrate that the traditional and still prevalent view of homosexuality - as a mere set of behaviors that anyone might show - is inadequate, and that gays and lesbians are in a real sense a distinct group of people within the larger society with a privileged insight into their own natures.
650 0 $aHomosexuality$xResearch$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSexual orientation$xResearch$xSocial aspects.
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