The invention of heterosexuality / Jonathan Ned Katz ; with a new preface ; afterword by Lisa Duggan.

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

ix, 291 pages ; 22 cm

University of Chicago Press ed.

The geneology of a sex concept : from homosexual history to heterosexual history -- The debut of the heterosexual : Richard von Krafft-Ebing and the mind doctors -- Before heterosexuality : looking backward -- Making the heterosexual mystique : Sigmund Freud's seminal conceptions -- The heterosexual comes out : from doctor discourse to the mass media -- Questioning the heterosexual mystique : some liberal feminist and radical feminist verdicts -- The lesbian menace strikes back : some lavender feminist critiques -- Toward a new pleasure system : looking forward.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-281) and index.