How do bi+ people navigate identity, gender, and relationships in a biphobic society? This book explores this question to show how to better include and incorporate bi+ people in research, policy, and the everyday.
You can expect this book to explore how bi+ people experience the gender binary, healthcare, sex, flirting, media representation, and research. It soon becomes clear that bi+ people have different needs and experiences than heterosexual, lesbian, and gay people, and so need specific inclusion measures. Further, the research explores bi+ people’s nuanced approaches to understanding gender, sexuality, sex, and flirting.
This book will be of interest to anyone, whether bi+, a student, a researcher, a policymaker, or a health worker, looking to develop their understanding of bi+ identities and needs. It will also be of relevance to people interested in a broad range of topics, including sexuality, gender, feminism, trans and non binary identities, LGBTQ+ topics, and everyday sociology.
By:
Rosie Nelson (University of Bristol UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780367710187
ISBN 10: 0367710188
Series: Routledge Advances in Critical Diversities
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 14 July 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: Finding the starting point Section One: Living in a Hostile Society 1. Bi+ Identities in Society 2. Academic Interpretations of Bi+ Identities 3. Bi+ Representation in Academic Scholarship 4. Method to the Madness Section Two: Bi+ Identities and Language Section Two Introduction 5. Figuring It Out: Monosexist Internal Narratives 6. Letting It Fly: Monosexism and Homophobia in Disclosure and Community 7. Living Your Life: Navigating Monosexism and Homophobia Section Two Conclusion: Bi+ People as Sexual Renegades Section Three: Gender and Sexuality Section Three Introduction 8. Embodied Sexualities: Seeking Pleasure, Performing Desirability 9. Following the Script, Doing the Dance: Expectations in Gendered Relationships Section Three Conclusion: Bi+ Overburdened Romantic Possibilities Section Four: Bi+ Identity, Embodiment, and Gender Section Four Introduction 10. Twisting the Cistem: Cis People and Gender Performance 11. Smashing the Cistem: Trans and Non Binary People and Gender Performance 12. Bi+ Identities and Gender Identities Section Four Conclusion: Bi+ People as Gender Ambivalent Conclusion: Towards a Bi+ Future
Rosie Nelson (they/them) is a Lecturer in Gender in the School of Sociology, Politics, and International Studies at the University of Bristol, England. Their research interests include sexuality, gender, qualitative research methods, and feminism.
