Bisexuality : identities, politics, and theories / Surya Monro.

By:

Monro, Surya

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Genders and sexualities in the social sciencesPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.Description: ix, 207 pages. ; 23 cmISBN:

1137007303
9781137007308

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DDC classification:

306.765 MON

Summary: Bisexuality has been largely erased from studies of sexuality and gender, and people who desire others of more than one gender often remain invisible. This book sets a new agenda for considering sexualities and genders, by focusing on the lives of people who are bisexual or who have other identities that are not heterosexual, lesbian or gay, in an international context.What are bisexual people\'s lived experiences? How can these be understood using social and political theories? What are the implications of bisexuality for future theorising and research? In addressing these and other questions, this book maps out under-explored territory. It does so by looking at topical themes, including sex and relationships, community, the commodification of bisexuality, and activism. The book also shows how understandings of bisexuality can usefully inform the social sciences in areas such as identity construction, social inequalities, postcolonial relations, and citizenship--.

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Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	306.765 MON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100631440

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book provides an accessible introduction to bisexuality studies, set within the context of contemporary social theory and research. Drawing on interviews conducted in the UK and Colombia, it maps out the territory, providing a means of understanding sexualities that are neither gay, nor lesbian, nor heterosexual.

1. Introduction -- 2. Bisexuality and Social Theory -- 3. Intersectionality -- 4. Sex, Relationships, Kinship, and Community -- 5. Bisexuality, Organisations and Capitalism -- 6. Bisexuality and Citizenship -- 7. Bisexuality, Activism, Democracy and the State.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-196) and index.

Bisexuality has been largely erased from studies of sexuality and gender, and people who desire others of more than one gender often remain invisible. This book sets a new agenda for considering sexualities and genders, by focusing on the lives of people who are bisexual or who have other identities that are not heterosexual, lesbian or gay, in an international context.What are bisexual people\'s lived experiences? How can these be understood using social and political theories? What are the implications of bisexuality for future theorising and research? In addressing these and other questions, this book maps out under-explored territory. It does so by looking at topical themes, including sex and relationships, community, the commodification of bisexuality, and activism. The book also shows how understandings of bisexuality can usefully inform the social sciences in areas such as identity construction, social inequalities, postcolonial relations, and citizenship--.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Surya Monro is a Professor in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom. She has published substantially in the fields of gender and sexuality. Professor Monro is the author of Gender Politics: Citizenship, Activism, and Sexual Diversity (Pluto Press, 2005), and co-author (with Diane Richardson) of Sexuality, Equality and Diversity (Palgrave MacMillan, 2012).