The story of sexual identity : narrative perspectives on the gay and lesbian life course / edited by Phillip L. Hammack and Bertram J. Cohler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hammack, Phillip L.

Cohler, Bertram J.

Series:

Sexuality, Identity, and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity--History.

Gender identity.

Gay and lesbian studies.

Homosexuality--History.

Homosexuality.

Lesbianism--History.

Lesbianism.

Sex role.

Sex differences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book assembles a diverse group of scholars working within a new, pathbreaking paradigm of sexual science. The contributors are united in their commitment to the idea of ""narrative"" as central to the study of sexual identity, offering an analytic approach to social science inquiry on sexual identity that restores the voices of sexual subjects. The result is a rich examination of lives in context, with an eye toward multiplicity and meaning across the life course. Central to the chapters in this volume is the significance of history, generation, and narrative in the provision of a workabl

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; PART I: TIME, PLACE, STORY: INTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVES ON NARRATIVE AND THE LIFE COURSE; 1. Narrative Engagement and Stories of Sexual Identity: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sexual Lives; 2. History, Narrative, and Sexual Identity: Gay Liberation and Postwar Movements for Sexual Freedom in the United States; PART II: CULTURE, IDENTITY, NARRATIVE: CONTEXT AND MULTIPLICITY IN SEXUAL LIVES; 3. Stories from the Second World: Narratives of Sexual Identity in the Czech Republic Across Three Generations of Men Who Have Sex with Men

4. Unity and Purpose at the Intersections of Racial/Ethnic and Sexual Identities5. Bisexuality in a House of Mirrors: Multiple Reflections, Multiple Identities; 6. Narrative Identity Construction of Black Youth for Social Change; PART III: IDENTITIES IN PROCESS: STORIES OF RISK AND RELATIONSHIPS; 7. Between Kansas and Oz: Drugs, Sex, and the Search for Gay Identity in the Fast Lane; 8. (My) Stories of Lesbian Friendship; 9. Emergence of a Poz Sexual Culture: Accounting for "Barebacking" Among Gay Men

10. Connectedness, Communication, and Reciprocity in Lesbian Relationships: Implications for Women's Construction and Experience of PMS11. Postcards from the Edge: Narratives of Sex and Relationship Breakdown Among Gay Men; PART IV: MAKING GAY AND LESBIAN IDENTITIES: DEVELOPMENT, GENERATIVITY, AND THE LIFE COURSE; 12. In the Beginning: American Boyhood and the Life Stories of Gay Men; 13. The Role of the Internet in the Sexual Identity Development of Gay and Bisexual Male Adolescents; 14. Focus on the Family: The Psychosocial Context of Gay Men Choosing Fatherhood

15. Midlife Lesbian Lifeworlds: Narrative Theory and Sexual Identity16. The Good (Gay) Life: The Search for Signs of Maturity in the Narratives of Gay Adults; 17. Generativity and Time in Gay Men's Life Stories; 18. From Same-Sex Desire to Homosexual Identity: History, Biography, and the Production of the Sexual Self in Lesbian and Gay Elders' Narratives; PART V: CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES; 19. Lives, Times, and Narrative Engagement: Multiplicity and Meaning in Sexual Lives; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029618-6

9786611987008

0-19-971677-3

1-281-98700-X

OCLC:

476246141