The Story of Sexual Identity Narrative Perspectives on the Gay and Lesbian Life Course

by Hammack, Phillip L.; Cohler, Bertram J.

• ISBN13: 9780195326789
• ISBN10: 0195326784
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book assembles a diverse group of scholars working within a new, pathbreaking paradigm of sexual science, fusing perspectives from history, sociology, and psychology. 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 workable and meaningful configuration of identity.

Table of Contents

Time, Place, Story: Introductory Perspectives on Narrative and the Life Course

Narrative Engagement and Sexual Identity: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sexual Lives

History, Narrative, and Sexual Identity: Gay Liberation and Post-War Movements for Sexual Freedom in the United States

Benjamin ShepardCulture, Identity, Narrative: Context and Multiplicity in Sexual Lives

Stories from the Second World: Narratives of Sexual Identity in the Czech Republic across Three Generations of Men who have Sex with Men

Unity and Purpose at the Intersections of Racial/ethnic and Sexual Identities

Bisexuality in a House of Mirrors: Multiple Reflections, Multiple Identities

Narrative Identity Construction of Black Youth for Social Change

Identities in Process: Stories of Risk and Relationships

Between Kansas and Oz: Drugs, Sex, and the Search for Gay Identity in the Fast Lane

(My) Stories of Lesbian Friendship

Emergence of a Poz Sexual Culture: Accounting for "Barebacking" among Gay Men

Connectedness, Communication, and Reciprocity in Lesbian Relationships: Implications for Women's Construction and Experience of PMS

Postcards from the Edge: Narratives of Sex and Relationship Breakdown among Gay Men. Damien Ridge and Rebecca Wright

Making Gay and Lesbian Identities: Development, Generativity, and the Life Course

In the Beginning: American Boyhood and the Life Stories of Gay Men

The Role of the Internet in the Sexual Identity Development of Gay and Bisexual Male Adolescents

Focus on the Family: The Psychosocial Context of Gay Men Choosing Fatherhood

Midlife Lesbian Lifeworlds: Narrative Theory and Sexual Identity

The Good (Gay) Life: The Search for Signs of Maturity in the Narratives of Gay Adults

Generativity and Time in Gay Men's Life Stories

From Same-Sex Desire to Homosexual Identity: History, Biography, and the Production of the Sexual Self in Lesbian and Gay Elders' Narratives

Dana RosenfeldConcluding Perspective

Lives,Times, and Narrative Engagement

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