Forms of Desire

Download or read book Forms of Desire written by Edward Stein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and approaches to this debate about the history and science of sexuality.