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Responsibility, Respectability, Recognition, and Polyamory: Lessons in Subject Formation in the Age of Sexual Identity.

In the article, the author discusses the expanding categories of sexuality with a growing number of people claiming polyamory as their sexual orientation, as well as its impact on subject formation in American late liberalism. Also cited are the rise of identity politics in the twentieth century, th...

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Published in:Feminist Studies Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 287 - 316
Main Author: OBADIA, JULIENNE
Format: Article
Published: Feminist Studies, Inc. 2020
Subjects:
Polyamory
Sexual orientation identity
Sexual orientation
Identity politics
Monogamous relationships
Marriage
Gay rights movement
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:In the article, the author discusses the expanding categories of sexuality with a growing number of people claiming polyamory as their sexual orientation, as well as its impact on subject formation in American late liberalism. Also cited are the rise of identity politics in the twentieth century, the historical view of monogamy, marriage and whiteness in the U.S., and the gay rights movement.