Robert Philen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3571663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Philen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Philen |
| SIGNATURE | PHILEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of West Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Memoir of an Other
I am the literary executor for my late partner, the prolific poet and essayist Reginald Shepherd. Shepherd often spoke of writing a memoir but never had the chance to do so before his death. However, the essays he wrote, his poetry, his correspondences, and other writings contain many, many fragments of memoiristic material in his voice. I am in the process of assembling these fragments into his posthumous memoir, and the project bears a strong r…
Thinking Problem
In reviewing my own approach to ethnographic methods following attendance at a National Science Foundation supported summer seminar on mixed qualitative-quantitative ethnographic survey methods taught by William Dressler and Kathryn Oths, I have begun to think that the use of the terms "qualitative" and "quantitative" distracts from rather than facilitates scholarly communication and would be better replaced by an emphasis on "interpretation" and…
A Social Geography of Sex
In discussions of male homosexuality in Hispanic/Latin American and Anglo/North American contexts, ethnicity is often afforded a key role in structuring sexual identity, with a distinction being made between sexual role patterning (Hispanic, Latin American) and sexual object choice patterning (Anglo, North American). I argue instead that the key factor in shaping distinct patterns of sexual identity among Men who have Sex with Men (MSMs), within …
Sex in Development
Sex in Development: Science, Sexuality, and Morality in Global Perspective. Vincanne Adams and Stacy Leigh Pigg, eds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005. 342 pp
Rodeo and Race Cars
A Social Geography of Sex
In discussions of male homosexuality in Hispanic/Latin American and Anglo/North American contexts, ethnicity is often afforded a key role in structuring sexual identity, with a distinction being made between sexual role patterning (Hispanic, Latin American) and sexual object choice patterning (Anglo, North American). I argue instead that the key factor in shaping distinct patterns of sexual identity among Men who have Sex with Men (MSMs), within …
Rodeo and Race Cars
A Social Geography of Sex
In discussions of male homosexuality in Hispanic/Latin American and Anglo/North American contexts, ethnicity is often afforded a key role in structuring sexual identity, with a distinction being made between sexual role patterning (Hispanic, Latin American) and sexual object choice patterning (Anglo, North American). I argue instead that the key factor in shaping distinct patterns of sexual identity among Men who have Sex with Men (MSMs), within …
Sex in Development
Sex in Development: Science, Sexuality, and Morality in Global Perspective. Vincanne Adams and Stacy Leigh Pigg, eds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005. 342 pp
Thinking Problem
In reviewing my own approach to ethnographic methods following attendance at a National Science Foundation supported summer seminar on mixed qualitative-quantitative ethnographic survey methods taught by William Dressler and Kathryn Oths, I have begun to think that the use of the terms "qualitative" and "quantitative" distracts from rather than facilitates scholarly communication and would be better replaced by an emphasis on "interpretation" and…
A Memoir of an Other
I am the literary executor for my late partner, the prolific poet and essayist Reginald Shepherd. Shepherd often spoke of writing a memoir but never had the chance to do so before his death. However, the essays he wrote, his poetry, his correspondences, and other writings contain many, many fragments of memoiristic material in his voice. I am in the process of assembling these fragments into his posthumous memoir, and the project bears a strong r…
Sociology (5 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)