Reviews for An American obsession

The average rating for An American obsession based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-04-29 00:00:00 Eduardo Mattox Excellent historical overview of the various medical and psychological theories applied to homosexuality in the US from the late 1800's through 1960's placed in their social and cultural context.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-10 00:00:00 James Ferguson While there are a few interesting nuggets (Margaret Meads views on homosexuality, some physicians back in the day were way more liberal you'd think, the proliferation of "pansy acts" in the 1920s were frequented by the well-to-do, and the transgender persons in some Native American tribes)this read like a thesis turned into a book. Also the cover is awkward to say nothing of some of the research photos on the inside.