Euphorias in Gender, Sex and Sexuality Variations Positive Experiences

• Hoofdauteur: Jones, Tiffany (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Cham Springer Nature 2023
• Onderwerpen: Gender studies, gender groups; Film: styles & genres; Sociology; gender diverse; LGBTQ; body positivity; heteronormative; transgender; gender identity; critical empowerment; intersex
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Samenvatting

This Open Access book uses the concept of 'euphoria' to investigate when, why and how marginal gender, sex and sexuality groups have positive experiences of their diverse variations even within repressive and disordering contexts. Drawing on data from multiple online surveys including a study of 2,407 LGBTQ+ people and a study of 272 people with intersex variations, it names and offers a new ecological framework for understanding participants' influences on and barriers to euphorias, asserting the subversive possibilities of being euphorically queer, as opposed to euphoric and queer. The author argues that it is the particularities of negative internal, socio-cultural and institutional contexts for a marginal group or groups that contributes towards the possibilities that shape their potential euphoric feelings and experiences. Ultimately, she calls for a more expansive focus in gender and sexuality studies to show the complex effects of dysphoria and repression on the possibilities of pleasure and joy. This book will be of interest to scholars across Gender, Sexuality and Queer Studies.

Fysieke beschrijving

1 electronic resource (202 p.)

ISBN

978-3-031-23756-0
9783031237560

Toegang

Open Access