Ambiguity And Sexuality
The author offers a new account of the formation of sexual identity, coined "emerged fusion," which avoids the traps of the essentialism versus constructivism debate, and offers a viable third alternative. This book is a theoretical tool that will be useful in sociology, queer studies, and gender studies as a new approach to understanding sexual identity.
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The author offers a new account of the formation of sexual identity, coined "emerged fusion," which avoids the traps of the essentialism versus constructivism debate, and offers a viable third alternative. This book is a theoretical tool that will be useful in sociology, queer studies, and gender studies as a new approach to understanding sexual identity.
1 Introduction: The Question of Sexual Identity 12 Starting with Experience 133 The Shape of Experience 314 Desire by Itself 495 Desire in Relation to Others 596 Social Identities 697 Choosing Our Sexuality and Sexual Identity as Project 878 Science and Sexual Orientation 1059 Reality and Ambiguity in Sexual Identity 12910 Social Constructionism and Essentialism 13711 Subjection, Liberation, and the Future 157Notes 175Bibliography 187Index 193
