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The paper looks at how Foucault and D'Emilio explore the process of the formation of homosexual identity. The paper explains that they both propose that homosexual identity is a product of historical change in the society, and according to the notes in D'Emilio's article, this approach is represented by minority of scholars (D'Emilio 475). The paper discusses how since they look at the development of homosexual identity from a historical perspective, they both share some common ideas, but they have also significant differences. The paper points out that in essence they both agree that the homosexuality is a construct of modern society and that, as identity, homosexuality did not exist before.

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"Foucault and D'Emilio explore the process of the formation of homosexual identity. They both propose that homosexual identity is a product of historical change in the society, and according to the notes in D'Emilio's article, this approach is represented by minority of scholars (D'Emilio 475). Since they look at the development of homosexual identity from historical perspective they both share some common ideas, but they have also significant differences. In essence they both agree that the homosexuality is a construct of modern society and that, as identity..."

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