Straights: Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814764592 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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What James Joseph Dean does so well in Straights: Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted Culture is provide a conceptual framework for thinking about this ‘messiness’ of human sexuality and identity . Straights is timely and powerfully intersectional, with gender, sexuality and race established as robustly formative constellations of identity. Dean is the first commentator to articulate quite so clearly and thoughtfully how being ‘straight’ is no longer a social given, but a political position.”-Times Higher Education“This is a detailed account of an interesting empirical study.”-Journal of Gender Studies"Straights underscores the shifting terrain of gender and sexuality in contemporary America. “One of the strengths
In Straights, James Joseph Dean argues that heterosexuals can neither assume the invisibility of gays and lesbians, nor count on the assumption that their own heterosexuality will go unchallenged. The book also documents the way heterosexuals interact and form relationships with their LGBTQ family members, friends, acquaintances, and coworkers. Although homophobia persists among straight individuals, Dean shows that being gay-friendly or against homophobic expressions is also increasingly common among straight Americans. But the changes wrought by a so-called “post-closeted culture” have not just affected the queer community—heterosexuals are also in the midst of a sea change in how their sexuality plays out in everyday life. Since the Stonewall Riots in 1969, the politics of sexual identity in America have drastically transformed. A fascinating study, Straights provides an in-depth look at the changing nature of sexual expression
His research focuses on the sociology of sexualities, particularly the sociology of heterosexualities. James Joseph Dean is Associate Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University. Dean's work has appeared in Sexualities, The Sociological Quarterly, and Sociol
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