Research Catalog

Title

Ambiguity and sexuality : a theory of sexual identity / William S. Wilkerson.

Author

Wilkerson, William S., 1968-

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

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Details

Description

x, 198 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Everybody wants to know what makes somebody gay and lesbian, and this ambitious book provides a unique and comprehensive answer to that question. Arguing thai being gay or lesbian does not reduce to any single individual factor, Ambiguity and Sexuality shows bow biology, choice, desire, and culture fit together and create a sexual identity. In doing this, Wilkerson brings together gay and lesbian history, sociology, existentialism, and the biological literature for a truly interdisciplinary approach that be calls the "emerging fusion" account of sexual identity."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Future of minority studies

Uniform Title

Future of minority studies

Subject

• Homosexuality
• Sexual orientation
• Sex (Psychology)
• Gay people > Social conditions
• Gay people > Identity
• Identity (Psychology)
• Gender identity
• Group identity
• Homosexuality
• Gender Identity
• Social Identification
• Sexual Behavior
• Homosexualité
• Orientation sexuelle
• Sexualité (Psychologie)
• Homosexuels > Conditions sociales
• Personnes homosexuelles > Identité
• Identité (Psychologie)
• Identité de genre
• Identité collective
• homosexuality
• sex role
• group identity
• Group identity
• Gender identity
• Gays > Identity
• Gays > Social conditions
• Sexual orientation
• Homosexualität
• Psychogenese
• Soziogenese
• Monosexuality
• Sexual preference
• Sexuality
• Gay men
• Sexual minorities
• Men
• LGBTQ+ people
• Gay identity
• Sexual identity
• Gays > Social conditions
• Gays > Identity
• Identité sexuelle
• Identité (psychologie)
• Psychogenese
• Soziogenese

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The question of sexual identity -- Starting with experience -- The shape of experience -- Desire by itself -- Desire in relation to others -- Social identities -- Choosing our sexuality and sexual identity as project -- Science and sexual orientation -- Reality and ambiguity in sexual identity -- Social constructionism and essentialism -- Subjection, liberation, and the future.

ISBN

• 9781403980113
• 140398011X

LCCN

• 2006052013
• 99817039091

OCLC

• ocm72355069
• 72355069
• SCSB-1485780

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library