Publication

2001-09-15 - University Of Chicago Press

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7415118M
  • ISBN-139780226020891
  • ISBN-100226020894
  • OCLC Control Number45634410
  • Library of Congress Control Number00013141
and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1527155
  • Goodreads6562216

Classifications

  • LCCHQ74 .A54 2001
  • LCCHQ74.A54 2001

Description

Why is bisexuality the object of skepticism? Why do sexologists steer clear of it in their research? Why has bisexuality, in stark contrast to homosexuality, only recently emerged as a nascent political and cultural identity? Bisexuality has been regarded as mostly irrelevant to the history, theory, and politics of sexuality. Angelides explores the reasons why, and invites us to rethink our preconceptions about sexual identity. Retracing the evolution of sexology, and revisiting modern epistemological categories of sexuality in psychoanalysis, gay liberation, social constructionism, queer theory, biology, and human genetics, Angelides argues that bisexuality has historically functioned as the structural other to sexual identity itself, undermining assumptions about both heterosexuality and homosexuality.--From publisher description.

First Sentence

Doubts about the veracity of bisexuality as an identity are not new.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • A History of Bisexuality (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)University Of Chicago Press2001-09-15

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