A History of Bisexuality (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: September 15, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780226020891
First sentence: Doubts about the veracity of bisexuality as an identity are not new.
Description: Why is bisexuality the object of skepticism? Why do sexologists steer clear of it in their research? Why has bisexuality, in stark contrast to homosexuality, only recently emerged as a nascent political and cultural identity? Bisexuality has been regarded as mostly irrelevant to the history, theory, and politics of sexuality. Angelides explores the reasons why, and invites us to rethink our preconceptions about sexual identity. Retracing the evolution of sexology, and revisiting modern epistemological categories of sexuality in psychoanalysis, gay liberation, social constructionism, queer theory, biology, and human genetics, Angelides argues that bisexuality has historically functioned as the structural other to sexual identity itself, undermining assumptions about both heterosexuality and homosexuality.--From publisher description.