Understanding Narrative Identity Through Lesbian and Gay Youth

Informationen zum Autor Edmund Coleman-Fountain is Research Fellow at the University of York, UK. His research interests include youth identities and difference, notably how processes of marginalization pattern the conditions in which young people make their identities. His current research focuses on disability, identity and the life-course. Klappentext This book contests the idea that lesbian and gay categories are disappearing! and that sexuality is becoming fluid! by showing how young people use them in a world in which heterosexuality is privileged. Exploring identity making! the book shows how old modernist stories of sexual being entwine with narratives of normality. Zusammenfassung This book contests the idea that lesbian and gay categories are disappearing! and that sexuality is becoming fluid! by showing how young people use them in a world in which heterosexuality is privileged. Exploring identity making! the book shows how old modernist stories of sexual being entwine with narratives of normality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Making Sense of Identity 2. Body Narratives 3. Explaining Homosexuality 4. Getting Over It 5. 'How to Be Gay' Conclusion

List of contents

Introduction 1. Making Sense of Identity 2. Body Narratives 3. Explaining Homosexuality 4. Getting Over It 5. 'How to Be Gay' Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: E Coleman-Fountain, E. Coleman-Fountain, Edmund Coleman-Fountain, Edmund (University of York Coleman-Fountain
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349348381
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34838-1
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences; Genders and Sexualities in the; Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Family, Society & culture: general, Social groups, adolescence, childhood, Sociology: family & relationships, Media and Communication, Sociology, general, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Youth Culture, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Age groups: adolescents, Youth—Social life and customs, Age groups & generations