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Review Article: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Ancient GreeceBefore Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World. David M. Halperin , John J. Winkler , Froma I. ZeitlinThe Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece. John J. WinklerOne Hundred Years of Homosexuality, and Other Essays on Greek Love. David M. Halperin

Previous articleNext article No AccessReview Article: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Ancient Greece Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World. David M. Halperin , John J. Winkler , Froma I. Zeitlin The Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece. John J. Winkler One Hundred Years of Homosexuality, and Other Essays on Greek Love. David M. Halperin David CohenDavid Cohen Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Classical Philology Volume 87, Number 2Apr., 1992 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/367299 Views: 206Total views on this site Citations: 4Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1992 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Kyle Harper Culture, Nature, and History: The Case of Ancient Sexuality, Comparative Studies in Society and History 55, no.44 (Sep 2013): 986–1016.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0010417513000480Joe Flatman Cultural biographies, cognitive landscapes and dirty old bits of boat:‘theory’ in maritime archaeology, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 32, no.22 (Oct 2003): 143–157.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-9270.2003.tb01441.xJonas Liliequist State Policy, Popular Discourse, and the Silence on Homosexual Acts in Early Modern Sweden, Journal of Homosexuality 35, no.3-43-4 (Jun 1998): 15–52.https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v35n03_02 John Neu Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences, 1992, Isis 83 (Oct 2015): 1–286.https://doi.org/10.1086/356370

Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought

Black women have long occupied marginal positions in academic settings. I argue that many Black female intellectuals have made creative use of their marginality—their “outsider within” status–to produce Black feminist thought that reflects a special standpoint on self, family, and society. I describe and explore the sociological significance of three characteristic themes in such thought: (1) Black women's self-definition and self-valuation; (2) the interlocking nature of oppression; and (3) the importance of Afro-American women's culture. After considering how Black women might draw upon these key themes as outsiders within to generate a distinctive standpoint on existing sociological paradigms, I conclude by suggesting that other sociologists would also benefit by placing greater trust in the creative potential of their own personal and cultural biographies.