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- Title
Queers, Bodies and Postmodern Sexualities: A Note on Revisiting the “Sexual” in Symbolic Interactionism.
- Authors
Plummer, Ken
- Abstract
This article reflects on the linkage between developments in symbolic interactionist theory over the past thirty years and the sociological study of the social construction of sexualities. After some personal reflections on the development of the theory, four main themes are highlighted: the links to postmodernism and queer theory; the paths to new research styles; some internal problems with the theory; and the need to reinstall the importance of the body. The article concludes that symbolic interactionism remains a major approach to the study of sexuality.
- Subjects
GAY people; HUMAN sexuality; GENDER; QUEER theory; POSTMODERNISM (Philosophy)
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 2003, Vol 26, Issue 4, p515
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:QUAS.0000005055.16811.1c