Description

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There has never been a more crucial time for an intimate and thorough examination of the ways in which sexuality informs people's lives. In Living Sexuality: Stories of LGBTQ Relationships, Identities, and Desires, the authors use autoethnography and personal narrative to provide first-hand accounts of the connections between sexuality, particularly LGBTQ identities, and the everyday experiences of relationships. Each story also invites readers to understand how sexuality informs communication as it occurs within diverse cultural contexts. In addition, the stories often focus on taboo issues overlooked or ignored in mainstream research about sexuality. Discussion questions appear at the end of each story that should stimulate engagement by students, instructors, and researchers.

About the Author

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Keith Berry, Ph.D. (2004), Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is Associate Professor of Communication at University of South Florida. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, and the book Bullied: Tales of Torment, Identities, and Youth. He is past Chair of the Ethnography Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) and past Co-chair of NCA's Anti-Bullying Task Force. Catherine M. Gillotti, Ph.D. (1996), University of Kentucky, is Associate Professor of Communication at Purdue University Northwest. She has published several book chapters and journal articles in the area of interpersonal communication and health communication. Tony E. Adams, Ph.D. (2008), University of South Florida, is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Bradley University. He is the co-author and/or co-editor of six books including Narrating the Closet: An Autoethnography of Same Sex Desire. He is a co-editor of the "Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives" book series and founding co-editor of the Journal of Autoethnography.