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"As the author notes, it is hard to imagine
Sinatra singing about âhis love for a downy-cheeked boy of fourteenâ (77) in more contemporary societies where such desires are condemned and criminalised."
The Bullough source states: "Women, because they cannot penetrate, were not considered
capable of being homosexual." - May be good to discuss in the Samar Habib book (if I can make an article about it)
WhisperToMe (
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09:01, 6 July 2014 (UTC)reply
In regards to
Thomas Mann: "At the same time it would be at least premature to describe the person as well as the writings of Thomas Mann as out wardly "homosexual". In other words it seems far from clear "what we might be inclined to call homosexual behaviour or sentiments" today, to use el-Rouayheb's expression once again."
Same page: "For example, a study could not avoid being suspected of grouping together what does not neces sarily belong together if it were to write the history of 20th-century "homosexuality" by using, among other things, the lyrics of Skin (from the rock band Skunk Anansie) or Melissa Etheridge, which form a striking parallel to many of the homoerotic Arabic poems studied by el-Rouayheb, because they are mostly void of any explicit lesbian content; the writings of Thomas Mann; and newspaper clippings covering the public debate about the introduction of so-called "homo-marriage" under Germany's former red-green government."
This is why I use all book reviews, so Wikipedians have a clear picture of any possible pitfalls. And please don't just take my word for it - Please find ways to obtain these book reviews so you can read them and plan how to use these sources
WhisperToMe (
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16:21, 7 July 2014 (UTC)reply
"Before Homosexuality in the ArabâIslamic World, 1500-1800" listed at
Redirects for discussion