Nicholas A Guittar
Biographic Data
| ID | 369683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas A Guittar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Guittar |
| SIGNATURE | GUITTAR N A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina Lancaster |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Intersectionality
Coming Out: The Career Management of One’s Sexuality
At First I Just Said ‘I Like Girls’”: Coming Out With an Affinity, Not an Identity
Contemporary youth are increasingly engaging in coming out prior to the formation of concrete sexual identities. They are coming out with an “affinity:” affirming to themselves and expressing to others that “I like girls” or “I like boys.” This study centers on the experiences of 13 individuals who all came out with an affinity, not a sexual identity. Participants who came out with an affinity did so either as a personal/political strategy or bec…
Intersecting gender with race and religiosity: Do unique social categories explain attitudes toward homosexuality
Although attitudes toward homosexuality have been widely studied over the past 30 years, few studies have scrutinized the interaction effects between gender and race, and gender and religiosity, on attitudes toward homosexuality. This article analyzes US data from the fifth wave of the World Values Survey, collected in 2006 - a nationally representative sample of individuals residing in the United States. Contrary to previous research, no signifi…
The Meaning of Coming Out: From Self-Affirmation to Full Disclosure
Qualitative researchers have begun to analyze narratives of individuals’ experiences with coming out in order to explore the social influences that affect these processes. However, most studies on coming out are based on the assumption that “coming out” has a singular shared meaning. The present study is centered on challenging this very assumption by taking a constructivist grounded theory approach to exploring the meaning of coming out for 30 l…
The Queer Apologetic: Explaining the Use of Bisexuality as a Transitional Identity
This study takes a constructivist grounded theory approach to exploring the trajectory of coming out for 30 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer individuals. Despite being attracted only to members of the same sex, 10 of the 30 participants in this study came out initially as bisexual. This interaction, referred to herein as the queer apologetic, is a form of identity compromise whereby individuals disclose a bisexual identity that they believe sati…
Attraction in the Field: What We Need to Acknowledge and Implications for Research and Teaching
Physical or sexual attraction plays an important role in shaping a wide range of relationships and in myriad ways. Our primary interest here is in how attraction shapes the qualitative research experience. Close examination of popular sociological ethnographies found that attractiveness is used as a descriptor, and almost always in a distancing fashion, but never considered in a reflexive manner. We explore implications of this silence surroundin…
This Is Where You Are Supposed to Be: How Homeless Individuals Cope with Stigma
This article is based on 20 ethnographic interviews, two focus groups, and observation conducted with homeless individuals in a southeastern U.S. city between 2007 and 2009. It examines individuals' tactics used to manage the stigma that is usually linked with homelessness. Men and women regularly meet with disapproving labels regarding living on the streets or in shelters when they interact with others. The analysis of their stories highlights t…
On and Off the Reservation: A Discussion of the Social, Physical, and Mental Health Indicators of Suicide in the Native American Community
This article reviews explanations for the heightened rates of suicide among the US Native American population. Particular attention is afforded to the social, historical, physical, and mental health stressors that may contribute to such high rates. A great deal of scientific research has centered on determining and analyzing the many socio‐demographic indicators of suicide. Studies at the intersection of race/ethnicity and suicide have drawn atte…
The Cost of Doing Femininity: Gendered Disparities in Pricing of Personal Care Products and Services
Coming Out: The Career Management of One’s Sexuality
Intersecting gender with race and religiosity: Do unique social categories explain attitudes toward homosexuality
Although attitudes toward homosexuality have been widely studied over the past 30 years, few studies have scrutinized the interaction effects between gender and race, and gender and religiosity, on attitudes toward homosexuality. This article analyzes US data from the fifth wave of the World Values Survey, collected in 2006 - a nationally representative sample of individuals residing in the United States. Contrary to previous research, no signifi…
Attraction in the Field: What We Need to Acknowledge and Implications for Research and Teaching
Physical or sexual attraction plays an important role in shaping a wide range of relationships and in myriad ways. Our primary interest here is in how attraction shapes the qualitative research experience. Close examination of popular sociological ethnographies found that attractiveness is used as a descriptor, and almost always in a distancing fashion, but never considered in a reflexive manner. We explore implications of this silence surroundin…
The Meaning of Coming Out: From Self-Affirmation to Full Disclosure
Qualitative researchers have begun to analyze narratives of individuals’ experiences with coming out in order to explore the social influences that affect these processes. However, most studies on coming out are based on the assumption that “coming out” has a singular shared meaning. The present study is centered on challenging this very assumption by taking a constructivist grounded theory approach to exploring the meaning of coming out for 30 l…
This Is Where You Are Supposed to Be: How Homeless Individuals Cope with Stigma
This article is based on 20 ethnographic interviews, two focus groups, and observation conducted with homeless individuals in a southeastern U.S. city between 2007 and 2009. It examines individuals' tactics used to manage the stigma that is usually linked with homelessness. Men and women regularly meet with disapproving labels regarding living on the streets or in shelters when they interact with others. The analysis of their stories highlights t…
The Queer Apologetic: Explaining the Use of Bisexuality as a Transitional Identity
This study takes a constructivist grounded theory approach to exploring the trajectory of coming out for 30 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer individuals. Despite being attracted only to members of the same sex, 10 of the 30 participants in this study came out initially as bisexual. This interaction, referred to herein as the queer apologetic, is a form of identity compromise whereby individuals disclose a bisexual identity that they believe sati…
The Cost of Doing Femininity: Gendered Disparities in Pricing of Personal Care Products and Services
The Cost of Doing Femininity: Gendered Disparities in Pricing of Personal Care Products and Services
On and Off the Reservation: A Discussion of the Social, Physical, and Mental Health Indicators of Suicide in the Native American Community
This article reviews explanations for the heightened rates of suicide among the US Native American population. Particular attention is afforded to the social, historical, physical, and mental health stressors that may contribute to such high rates. A great deal of scientific research has centered on determining and analyzing the many socio‐demographic indicators of suicide. Studies at the intersection of race/ethnicity and suicide have drawn atte…
The Meaning of Coming Out: From Self-Affirmation to Full Disclosure
Qualitative researchers have begun to analyze narratives of individuals’ experiences with coming out in order to explore the social influences that affect these processes. However, most studies on coming out are based on the assumption that “coming out” has a singular shared meaning. The present study is centered on challenging this very assumption by taking a constructivist grounded theory approach to exploring the meaning of coming out for 30 l…
The Queer Apologetic: Explaining the Use of Bisexuality as a Transitional Identity
This study takes a constructivist grounded theory approach to exploring the trajectory of coming out for 30 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer individuals. Despite being attracted only to members of the same sex, 10 of the 30 participants in this study came out initially as bisexual. This interaction, referred to herein as the queer apologetic, is a form of identity compromise whereby individuals disclose a bisexual identity that they believe sati…
Attraction in the Field: What We Need to Acknowledge and Implications for Research and Teaching
Physical or sexual attraction plays an important role in shaping a wide range of relationships and in myriad ways. Our primary interest here is in how attraction shapes the qualitative research experience. Close examination of popular sociological ethnographies found that attractiveness is used as a descriptor, and almost always in a distancing fashion, but never considered in a reflexive manner. We explore implications of this silence surroundin…
This Is Where You Are Supposed to Be: How Homeless Individuals Cope with Stigma
This article is based on 20 ethnographic interviews, two focus groups, and observation conducted with homeless individuals in a southeastern U.S. city between 2007 and 2009. It examines individuals' tactics used to manage the stigma that is usually linked with homelessness. Men and women regularly meet with disapproving labels regarding living on the streets or in shelters when they interact with others. The analysis of their stories highlights t…
At First I Just Said ‘I Like Girls’”: Coming Out With an Affinity, Not an Identity
Contemporary youth are increasingly engaging in coming out prior to the formation of concrete sexual identities. They are coming out with an “affinity:” affirming to themselves and expressing to others that “I like girls” or “I like boys.” This study centers on the experiences of 13 individuals who all came out with an affinity, not a sexual identity. Participants who came out with an affinity did so either as a personal/political strategy or bec…
Intersecting gender with race and religiosity: Do unique social categories explain attitudes toward homosexuality
Although attitudes toward homosexuality have been widely studied over the past 30 years, few studies have scrutinized the interaction effects between gender and race, and gender and religiosity, on attitudes toward homosexuality. This article analyzes US data from the fifth wave of the World Values Survey, collected in 2006 - a nationally representative sample of individuals residing in the United States. Contrary to previous research, no signifi…
Intersectionality
Coming Out: The Career Management of One’s Sexuality
Gender Studies (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Coming out (4 works) · Human sexuality (4 works) · Identity (music (4 works)