A new account of the formation of sexual identity, coined 'emerged fusion', which avoids the traps of the essentialism versus constructivism debate, and offers a viable third alternative. This book is a theoretical tool that will be useful in sociology, queer studies, and gender studies as a new approach to understanding sexual identity.

Autorentext
WILLIAM WILKERSON Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: The Question of Sexual Identity Starting with Experience The Experience of Desire Desire by Itself Desire in Relation to Others Social Identities Choosing Our Sexuality and Sexual Identity as Project Science and Sexual Orientation Reality and Ambiguity in Sexual Identity Social Constructionism and Essentialism Liberation, Subjection, and the Future