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1. Anxiety in Civilization

Joseph A. Massad

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Anxiety in Civilization 51
2. Remembrances of Desires Past 99
3. Re-Orienting Desire: The Gay International and the Arab World 160
4. Sin, Crimes, and Disease: Taxonomies of Desires Present 191
5. Deviant Fictions 269
6. The Truth of Fictional Desires 335
Conclusion 415
Works Cited 419
Name Index 443
Subject Index 449

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Anxiety in Civilization 51
2. Remembrances of Desires Past 99
3. Re-Orienting Desire: The Gay International and the Arab World 160
4. Sin, Crimes, and Disease: Taxonomies of Desires Present 191
5. Deviant Fictions 269
6. The Truth of Fictional Desires 335
Conclusion 415
Works Cited 419
Name Index 443
Subject Index 449

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