Full Description
The Everyday Lives of Gay Men draws on the expertise of 12 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.
The innovative approach of The Everyday Lives of Gay Men makes it ideal for students and scholars in gender studies, sexuality studies, sociology, mental health, and research methods.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780367676834, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Contents
Foreword Introduction: What is conjured when we talk about the everyday lives of gay men? 1. 17 times a day I think about being gay 2. Shower thoughts - of loss and queer love 3. Christmases past and present: A Phet tee saam lamb's search for their flock 4. Sunday: An intimate self-dialogue about loneliness 5. On (not) living past 30 6. Going back to the glory hole: An (extra)ordinary story of meeting shame, doubt and arousal in the therapy room 7. Becoming (in)visible: A performative autoethnography on mental health, help-seeking, and missing connections 8. Lack of ordinary privileges in a gay man's life: Navigating through privileged systems 9. I dreamt of a stranger 10. Testing proximity and intimacy: An everyday reappropriation of private and public space 11. In my Latinx gay shoes: Work, discrimination, immigration, and polyamory 12. Planetary times and queer times: A critical planetary romanticism for the earth 13. Notes on the contributor's experiences: Insights into autoethnographic research Conclusion
