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Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2007

198 Pages

ISBN 978-0-230-61965-4

The Future of Minority Studies

Ambiguity and sexuality

a theory of sexual identity

William Wilkerson

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

Table of Contents

Introduction

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1-11

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Starting with experience

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13-30

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The shape of experience

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31-47

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Desire by itself

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49-57

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Desire in relation to others

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59-68

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Social identities

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69-86

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Science and sexual orientation

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105-128

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Reality and ambiguity in sexual identity

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129-135

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Social constructionism and essentialism

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137-155

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Subjection, liberation, and the future

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157-173

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