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Understanding Narrative Identity Through Lesbian and Gay Youth

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Edmund Coleman-Fountain

    1. Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK

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Part of the book series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences (GSSS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Edmund Coleman-Fountain
    Pages 1-12

  3. Making Sense of Lesbian and Gay Identity

    • Edmund Coleman-Fountain
    Pages 13-29

  4. Embodying Lesbian and Gay Identity

    • Edmund Coleman-Fountain
    Pages 30-47

  5. Explaining Homosexuality

    • Edmund Coleman-Fountain
    Pages 48-66

  6. Getting Over It

    • Edmund Coleman-Fountain
    Pages 67-90

  7. Doing Ordinariness

    • Edmund Coleman-Fountain
    Pages 91-113

  8. Conclusion

    • Edmund Coleman-Fountain
    Pages 114-122

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 123-140
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About this book

This book contests the idea that lesbian and gay categories are disappearing, and that sexuality is becoming fluid, by showing how young people use them in a world in which heterosexuality is privileged. Exploring identity making, the book shows how old modernist stories of sexual being entwine with narratives of normality.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK

    Edmund Coleman-Fountain

About the author

Edmund Coleman-Fountain is Research Fellow at the University of York, UK. His research interests include youth identities and difference, notably how processes of marginalization pattern the conditions in which young people make their identities. His current research focuses on disability, identity and the life-course.

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