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Sexualities and sensitivities: Queer(y)ing the ethics of youth research in the field

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posted on 2023-05-22, 16:43 authored by Taylor, J, Angela DwyerAngela Dwyer
In contemporary Western societies, the years between childhood and young adulthood are commonly understood to be (trans)formative in the reflexive project of sexual self-making (Russell et al. 2012). As sexual subjects in the making, youthful bodies, desires and sexual activities are often perceived as both volatile and vulnerable, thus subjected to instruction and discipline, protection and surveillance. Accordingly, young people’s sexual proximities are closely monitored by social institutions and ‘(hetero)normalising regimes’ (Warner 1999) for any signs that may compromise the end goal of development—a ‘normal’ reproductive heterosexual monogamous adult

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Publication title

Youth Cultures and Subcultures : Australian Perspectives

Editors

Baker, Sarah, Robards, Brady, and Buttgieg, Bob

Pagination

241-252

ISBN

978-1-4724-2665-9

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Ashgate

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Extent

24

Rights statement

Copyright 2015 Sarah Baker, Brady Robards and Bob Buttigieg

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Gender and sexualities

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