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Vernon A Rosario (ed.), Science and homosexualities, London and New York, Routledge, 1997, pp. ix, 308, illus., 12.99 (paperback 0-415-91502-3).
Science and homo.sexualities, edited by Vernon Rosario, contains thirteen essays from participants in two 'Science and (Homo)sexualities' panels held at the 1994 History of Science Society Annual Meeting. The text is of particular interest to historians of sexual medicine as it examines the development of sexological discourses about homosexuality from 1850 to the present, reviewing the positions of many figures who belonged to the non-psychoanalytic tradition of research into homosexuality. Such an exercise is a welcome addition, for not only are the essays on the whole-of an excellent standard, the bibliographies are very thorough. making Science and homo.sexualities an essential reference work.
Attention should be drawn to the superior essays by Harry Oosterhuis (on Richard von Krafft-Ebing), James Steakley (on Magnus...