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. INDICE: Introduction: The Question of Sexual Identity - Starting with Experience - The Experience of Desire - 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 - Liberation, Subjection, and the Future
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61965-4
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 17/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés