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Ambiguity and sexuality

a theory of sexual identity

William Wilkerson

Abstract

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.

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Introduction

the question of sexual identity

William Wilkerson

pp.1-11

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_1
Starting with experience William Wilkerson

pp.13-30

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_2
The shape of experience William Wilkerson

pp.31-47

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_3
Desire by itself William Wilkerson

pp.49-57

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_4
Desire in relation to others William Wilkerson

pp.59-68

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_5
Social identities William Wilkerson

pp.69-86

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_6
Choosing our sexuality and sexual identity as project William Wilkerson

pp.87-103

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_7
Science and sexual orientation William Wilkerson

pp.105-128

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_8
Reality and ambiguity in sexual identity William Wilkerson

pp.129-135

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_9
Social constructionism and essentialism William Wilkerson

pp.137-155

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_10
Subjection, liberation, and the future William Wilkerson

pp.157-173

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05173-8_11

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2007

Pages: 198

Series: The Future of Minority Studies

ISBN (hardback): 978-0-230-61965-4

ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-05173-8

Full citation:

Wilkerson William (2007) Ambiguity and sexuality: a theory of sexual identity. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.