Bisexuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22368794 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharyn Graham Davies (0000-0001-5348-4051, Auckland University of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1279 |
| OpenAlex | W4232701913 |
| ISBN | 9781118924396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Bisexuality refers to a desire for sexual activity with people regardless of their sexed body. For most of human history, sexuality has been considered something people do rather than an activity defining identity. In the late twentieth century, drawing on earlier work by anthropologists such as Margaret Mead and Bronisław Malinowski, and propelled in no small part by the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s, sexuality became a reanimated topic of anthropological research. While bisexuality continues to receive limited focus, ethnographic research has shown the diverse ways in which bisexuality is experienced, including as a variously celebrated and discriminated identity and as a way to fulfill same‐sex sexual desire while conforming to heteronormative societal expectations
Aesthetics · Art · Ethnography · Human sexuality · Psychoanalysis · Sexual identity · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |