The Confluence of Us
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17826540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edgar Rodríguez-Dorans (0000-0003-3863-9646, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-113 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Departures in Critical Qualitative Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2333-9489 • E-ISSN: 2333-9497 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/dcqr.2020.9.2.103 |
| OpenAlex | W3042279185 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay explores gay men's identities as processes of creative-relational construction of the self. I problematize the common sex-centered conception of being gay as “I am gay because I have sex with men.” Bringing together Paul Ricœur's work on identity as autobiography, Audre Lorde's concept of the erotic as a constructive force, and Derek Greenfield's understanding of relational orientation, in the light of an interview with Manoel, a young gay man from Malta, creative-relational inquiry affords a richer notion of gayness as “I am gay when I am with you” and “I am gay because I love you.”
Aesthetics · Art · Biography · Confluence · Constructive · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |