How to Do the History of Homosexuality

The argument over sexual determinism -social versus biological- has a prominent place in both popular culture and current academic debates. In How to do the History of Homosexuality David M. Halperin, one of the most eminent thinkers in the world of gay and critical studies, argues that both hetero and homosexuality are socially constructed, and submits a vigorous defense of historicist methods along the way. In this theoretical tour de force Halperin offers an altogether new strategy for approaching the history of sexuality - one that rehabilitates constructionist frameworks by readily acknowledging continuities.