Non-Heterosexual Clues
Investigating One’s Sexuality in Biographical Narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18985602 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Polina Kislitsyna (0000-0003-1795-0259, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 56 |
| Pages | 93-119 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antropologicheskij forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1815-8870 • E-ISSN: 1815-8889 |
| Publisher | Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (The Kunstkamera) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31250/1815-8870-2023-19-56-93-119 |
| OpenAlex | W4376621778 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
The article is devoted to how non-heterosexual people look for perceived signs of their sexual otherness in the past and present them in biographical narratives. This search for clues is like an investigation: informants select events and details from childhood and adolescence that are assumed to be related to their current sexual identity. These clues include, among other things, recollections of childhood sexualized games, child gender otherness, and childhood interest or indifference to the topic of sexuality. In biographical interviews and written autobiographies, the author considers rhetorical strategies for the self-description of non-heterosexual people. The evidence paradigm of K. Ginzburg is used as a conceptualization tool, but, in this case, participants look for clues, not the researcher. The methodological basis of the work is a biographical approach and narrative analysis. With the help of non-heterosexual clues found in the past, participants simultaneously confirm the sustainability of their sexuality and connect elements of their biography into an orderly story. A coherent biographical narrative allows them to normalize their non-heterosexuality by offering an explanation and background to it. At the same time, it is built on opposition to the heterosexual norm
Art · Biography · Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Heterosexuality · Human sexuality · Literature · Narrative · Rhetorical question · Sexual identity · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |