Narrating the closet : an autoethnography of same-sex attraction / Tony E. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Tony E., author.

Series:

Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.

Writing lives--ethnographic narratives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Male homosexuality.

Gay couples.

Closeted LGBTQ+ people.

Coming out.

Ethnology--Authorship.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Motivated by the death of his partner, Adams seeks to redefine the closet as a relational construct between all people and all sexualities. The closet is explored at each stage-entering it, inhabiting it, and coming out of it-and strategies are offered for reframing difficult closet experiences. Adams makes use of interviews, personal narratives, and autoethnography to analyze lived, relational experiences of sexuality. This is a must have for scholars and students of gender studies, qualitative research, and for any reader who has felt the closet's reach.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Prologue; 1. Coming Out Matters; 2. Learning the Closet: The Time of "Coming In"; 3. Living (in) the Closet: The Time of "Being Closeted"; 4. Leaving the Closet: The Time of "Coming Out"; 5. Paradoxes of the Closet; 6. Making Change, Writing Hope; Epilogue; Appendix: Notes on Method, Criticism, and Representation; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2011 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-42371-5

1-315-42372-3

1-315-42373-1

1-61132-565-X

1-59874-621-9

9781315423739

OCLC:

726734912