Bisexuality and Same-Sex Marriage

ISBN-13: 9781560237761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 224 str.

M. Paz Galupo

Opis

Go beyond the heated acrimony to discover a wide range of thoughtful interdisciplinary perspectives

In our society, the argument for or against same-sex marriage becomes even more heated when the debate turns to bisexual women and men. Bisexuality and Same-Sex Marriage thoughtfully explores this debate from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives, presenting respected scholars from fields as diverse as American Studies, Communication, Criminology, Human and Organizational Systems, Law and Social Policy, LGBT Studies, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Sociology, Women’s Studies, and Queer Studies. This clear-viewed volume is organized into three perspectives—theoretical, research, and personal—that frame the debate from a macro to micro level of analysis. 

This book goes beyond the intense acrimony and divisiveness to rationally examine the issue from various viewpoints and through the latest research. This informative text presents and analyzes in depth the current findings and the diverse LGBT and straight perspectives on the issue. This insightful resource discusses in detail personal views, the latest theories, and is extensively referenced.

Topics discussed include:

• the assertion of supremacy in law and policy
• the theoretical and methodological framework of the dyadic imaginary
• fundamental inconsistencies between marriage (heteronormativity and patriarchy) and queer theory
• research on attitudes towards bisexual women and men in the context of both traditional and same-sex marriage relationships
• research on the impact of same-sex marriage on cross-sexual orientation same-sex couples
• the perspectives of same-sex marriage from the polyamorous community
• research using the Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage Scale (ATSM)
• bisexual perspectives on same-sex marriage
• and much more!

Bisexuality and Same-Sex Marriage is an essential volume for LGBT studies professionals, psychologists, counselors, educators, students, and interested general public.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Bisexuality.

O autorze

M. Paz Galupo is Professor of Psychology and Director of LGBT Studies at Towson University, in Baltimore, Maryland.