Bringing The Body Back In
The Social Construction of Embodied Sexual Identities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12463589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Zajicek (corresponding author), Anna M Zajicek, Chris Shields, Joe L Wright |
| Year | 2001 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Thought and Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-5830 • E-ISSN: 2469-8466 |
| Publisher | The University of Kansas (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17161/str.1808.5188 |
| OpenAlex | W2076748385 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
In spite of many notable attempts to overcome one-dimensional ,approaches to sexuality,' debates over its meaning have been dominatedbyextremeviews. 2 At first, it has been argued that the issue of sexuality belongs to the domain of body, biology and sexual nature.' Since the 1980s, this view has been challenged by social constructionists who argue that both sexual nature and sexual identity are socially constructed.' Recently, an extreme argument, stating that In this context, the sociology of the body represents an attempt to acknowledge the importance of the body in everyday life and the roleembodiment plays in contemporary culture. From this perspective, our physical bodies cannot simply be separated from the process of identity formation and our negotiations of social position. Rather, the body is intimately connected to the understandings that we formulate about ourselvesand our surroundings," Specifically, the bodily -~~:.:~~;:~~,X~.p. sexuality must be viewed as a radically disembodied
Art · Ethnology · Humanities · Political science · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Historical and Scientific Studies · Philosophy and Social Theory
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |