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The everyday lives of gay men : autoethnographies of the ordinary

Rodriguez-Dorans, E; Holmes, J

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Authors

E Rodriguez-Dorans

J Holmes



Contributors

E Rodriguez-Dorans E.Rodriguez-Dorans@salford.ac.uk
Editor

J Holmes
Editor

Abstract

The Everyday Lives of Gay Men draws on the expertise of twelve contributors from different countries and fields, writing from an autoethnographic first person approach.
Putting the power of personal stories at the centre of the construction of sophisticated narratives of gay men’s lives, the accounts draw attention to the limits of traditional perspectives to gay men’s studies that look at gayness through a sexualised lens and explore how gay men make sense of their identity in their everyday lives. Together they present a complex, nuanced understanding of gayness and challenge the conception of ‘being gay’ as a sexual orientation because it describes in sexual terms an identity that is not only, not always, and not predominantly sexual. The authors come from a variety of fields, including counselling studies and sociology, to communication, religion, and education.

Citation

Rodriguez-Dorans, E., & Holmes, J. (2021). E. Rodriguez-Dorans, & J. Holmes (Eds.), The everyday lives of gay men : autoethnographies of the ordinary. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003133506

Book Type Authored Book
Online Publication Date Oct 7, 2021
Publication Date Oct 7, 2021
Deposit Date Jul 13, 2021
Publicly Available Date Nov 3, 2021
Publisher Routledge
Series Title Transforming LGBTQ Lives
ISBN 9781003133506-(ebook);-9780367676834-(hardback)
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003133506
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003133506
Related Public URLs https://www.routledge.com/The-Everyday-Lives-of-Gay-Men-Autoethnographies-of-the-Ordinary/Rodriguez-Dorans-Holmes/p/book/9780367676834
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