Ambiguity and Sexuality A Theory of Sexual Identity

by Wilkerson, William S.

• ISBN13: 9780230619654
• ISBN10: 0230619657
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

William S. Wilkerson is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: The Question of Sexual Identity	p. 1
Starting with Experience	p. 13
The Shape of Experience	p. 31
Desire by Itself	p. 49
Desire in Relation to Others	p. 59
Social Identities	p. 69
Choosing Our Sexuality and Sexual Identity as Project	p. 87
Science and Sexual Orientation	p. 105
Reality and Ambiguity in Sexual Identity	p. 129
Social Constructionism and Essentialism	p. 137
Subjection, Liberation, and the Future	p. 157
Notes	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 187
Index	p. 193
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