Homosexuality and Civilization.(Book Review)

From: Journal of World History | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Homosexuality and Civilization. By LOUIS CROMPTON. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003. 623 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

This exquisitely weighty tome is less comprehensive than its name suggests. It gives little attention to ancient Egypt or Mesopotamia or to homosexuality within Islamic civilization, except in passing in the section on Arab Spain (pp. 161-172); virtually ignores South Asia on the grounds that "Hindu teachings on sex still remain largely unexplored" (p. 213); and devotes only seven pages (pp. 314-320) to New World peoples (mostly Caribs and Mayans, with ...

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