Experiencing Home: Sexuality

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Abstract

Sexuality is fundamental in individuals' experiences of home. Discourses of the house-as-home are steeped in expectations about sexual subjectivities and relationships. However, the multiplicity of sexual subjectivities means the entwinement of domesticity and sexuality is complex. This article surveys multilayered relationships between sexuality and home through a loose scaffold of (1) heterosexual domesticities and (2) queer homes. This framework is sensitive to the interplay between heterosexual and queer domesticities, and variations within heterosexual and queer experiences of home. Diverse home experiences across various sexual subjectivities are demonstrated, including heterosexuality, same-sex attraction, polyamory, and trans.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Vol. 2
EditorsSusan J. Smith
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherElsevier
Pages152-157
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9780080471716
ISBN (Print)9780080471631
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • bisexuals
  • heterosexism
  • heterosexuals
  • homes
  • lesbians
  • non-monogamous relationships
  • polygamy
  • sex

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