Introduction: The question of sexual identity -- Starting with experience -- The shape of experience -- 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 -- Subjection, liberation, and the future
Summary
"Everybody wants to know what makes somebody gay and lesbian, and this ambitious book provides a unique and comprehensive answer to that question. Arguing thai being gay or lesbian does not reduce to any single individual factor, Ambiguity and Sexuality shows bow biology, choice, desire, and culture fit together and create a sexual identity. In doing this, Wilkerson brings together gay and lesbian history, sociology, existentialism, and the biological literature for a truly interdisciplinary approach that be calls the "emerging fusion" account of sexual identity."--Jacket
