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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781258303321

Autore

Adams Tony E.

Titolo

Narrating the closet : an autoethnography of same-sex attraction / / Tony E. Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-42371-5

1-315-42372-3

1-315-42373-1

1-61132-565-X

1-59874-621-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Writing lives--ethnographic narratives

Disciplina

306.76/6

Soggetti

Male homosexuality

Gay couples

Ethnology - Authorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Prologue; 1. Coming Out Matters; 2. Learning the Closet: The Time of "Coming In"; 3. Living (in) the Closet: The Time of "Being Closeted"; 4. Leaving the Closet: The Time of "Coming Out"; 5. Paradoxes of the Closet; 6. Making Change, Writing Hope; Epilogue; Appendix: Notes on Method, Criticism, and Representation; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Motivated by the death of his partner, Adams seeks to redefine the closet as a relational construct between all people and all sexualities. The closet is explored at each stage-entering it, inhabiting it, and coming out of it-and strategies are offered for reframing difficult closet experiences. Adams makes use of interviews, personal narratives, and autoethnography to analyze lived, relational experiences of sexuality. This is a must have for scholars and students of gender studies, qualitative research, and for any reader who has felt the closet's reach.