Deconstructing Heterosexuality

Life Stories from Gay New York, 1931-1941

Bibliographic Data

ID3608107
AuthorsHenry L Minton (University of Windsor), Scott Robert Mattson (University of Windsor)
Year1998
Volume36
Issue1
Pages43-61
Publication date1998-06-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v36n01_03
PMID9670100
OpenAlexW2328999970
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

By 1940, the sexual identity of heterosexuality became established in American popular culture. In the late 1930s, a path-breaking study of homosexuality was conducted by a multidiscipli-nary team of medical and scientific specialists, under the sponsorship of the Committee for the Study of Sex Variants. The "sex variants" study was based on a sample of volunteers from New York's lesbian and male homosexual community. This article focuses on a narrative analysis of the case study texts of the male sample. Using deconstruction as an interpretive strategy, the texts are examined in relation to the culturally dominant sexual ideology of heterosexuality. Implications are drawn about the relevance of life stories to identity politics

Aesthetics · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Ideology · Lesbian · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sexual identity · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · American History and Culture · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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