Current Research on Bisexuality

Ronald Fox

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136569630
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Current Research on Bisexuality is an important resource on recent psychological and sociological findings in bisexual studies. The authors provide research findings and case studies that add to our understanding of bisexual identity, bisexuality and relationships, bisexuality and ethnicity, and attitudes toward bisexual people. This book examines research findings, literature reviews, and a wealth of resources that currently exist on bisexuality and bisexual issues.

This book will bring you up to date on:

• bisexual identity development
• bisexuality in college students
• cross-orientation friendships of bisexual women
• bisexual married women and menand their spouses
• bisexuality and heterosexually married couples
• monogamous as well as open bisexual relationships
• the interrelationship of bisexuality, race, and ethnicity
• attitudes toward bisexual women and bisexual men

Current Research on Bisexuality also contains a comprehensive reader's guide to the current social science literature about bisexuality. This bibliography brings together a wide range of nonfiction books, journal articles, book chapters, theses, and dissertations on bisexuality with a focus in the theoretical, research clinical, and community perspectives that have that have developed in the last twenty years. This reading list is essential for students, educators, researchers, and practitioners in psychology, counseling, social work, psychiatry, education, sociology, and anthropology.

Current Research on Bisexuality provides new knowledge of the life experiences of bisexual people. With this book, you'll find a basis for further research and education about bisexuality in the greater context of ongoing research, education, and advocacy regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.

SUMMARY. This reading list brings together a wide range of nonfiction books, journal articles, book chapters, theses, and dissertations that will be helpful to readers with an interest in the theoretical, research, clinical and community perspectives that have developed on bisexuality in the last twenty years. During this time, the illness model of homosexuality has been replaced by a more affirmative approach to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and questioning people, and the dichotomous model of sexual orientation has been replaced by a multidimensional approach to sexual orientation that has supported the recognition of bisexuality as a valid and distinct sexual orientation and identity. The work cited here represents the efforts of those researchers, clinicians, academicians, and community activists whose contributions to the literature offer a more comprehensive understanding of bisexuality and bisexual people. References are included in the following areas: multidimensional approaches to sexual orientation: bisexual identity, attractions and behavior; bisexual relationships and families; bisexuality and polyamory; bisexual youth and elders, bisexuality and transgender people; bisexuality and ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity; bisexuality and HIV/AIDS; affirmative mental health services for bisexual people; bisexuality and feminism; bisexuality and spirituality; bisexuality and queer theory; prejudice, discrimination, heterosexism, and biphobia; and bisexual politics and community.

KEYWORDS. Bisexuality, homosexuality, bisexual identity, sexual orientation, sexual identity, bisexual behavior, sexual diversity, bisexual women, bisexual men, bisexual relationships, bisexual families, monogamy, nonmonogamy, polyamory, bisexual youth, bisexual elders, bisexuality and ethnicity, HIV/AIDS, mental health services, psychotherapy, counseling, bisexuality and feminism, bisexuality and spirituality, queer theory, cultural criticism, prejudice, discrimination, heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, bisexual politics, bisexual community

NONFICTION BOOKS SPECIFICALLY ON BISEXUALITY

Aggleton, P. (Ed.). (1996). Bisexualities & AIDS: International perspectives. London: Taylor & Francis. Collection of essays and reviews of the research literature on bisexual behavior among men in a number of modern cultures, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, the Dominican Re-public, France, India, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, and the U. K.

Angelides, S. (2001). A History of Bisexuality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. A critical review of how bisexuality has been understood in biology, genetics, psychoanalytic thinking, and queer theory in relationship to heterosexuality and homosexuality.

Bi Academic Intervention (P. Davidson, J. Eadie, C. Hemmings, A. Kaloski, & M. Storr) (Eds.). (1997). The bisexual imaginary: Representation, identity, and desire. London: Cassell. Collection of essays on bisexuality in history, literature, film, and cultural studies.

Bisexual Anthology Collective (L. Acharya, N. Chater, D. Falconer, S. Lewis, L. McLannan, & S. Nosov) (Eds.). (1995). Plural desires: Writing bisexual women’s realities. Toronto: Sister Vision Press. An anthology of writings by a diverse group of Canadian & U.S. women.

Bode, J. (1976). View from another closet: Exploring bisexuality in women. New York: Hawthorne. One of the first books on bisexuality, based on the author’s interviews with bisexual women.

Bryant, W. (1997). Bisexual characters in film: From Anaïs to Zee. New York: Harrington Park Press. Descriptive compilation of films with bisexual characters.

Cantarella, E. (1992). Bisexuality in the ancient world. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Translated from the Italian. A scholarly examination of bisexuality in ancient classical Greece and Rome.

Deschamps, C. (2002). Le miroir bisexuel: Une socio-anthropologie de l’invisible. [The bisexual mirror: A social anthropology of the invisible]. Paris: Balland. An in-depth look at bisexuality in France today, based on the author’s study of a Parisian support group for bisexual women and bisexual men.

Falk, R. (1975). Women loving: A journey toward becoming an independent woman. New York: Random House. In depth personal account of the author’s process of coming to terms with and honoring her bisexuality.

Feldhorst, A. (Ed.). (1996). Bisexualitäten. [Bisexualities]. Berlin: Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. Collection of essays on bisexual identity, relationships, and communities in Germany.

Firestein, B. A. (Ed.). (1996). Bisexuality: The psychology and politics of an invisible minority. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. A collection of essays that provides the most comprehensive overview and review of bisexuality and psychology to date, with chapters by Ron Fox, Loraine Hutchins, Carol Queen, Maggie Rubenstein, Paula Rust, Robyn Ochs, and others.

Fraser, M. (1999). Identity without selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and bisexuality. New York: Cambridge University Press. The author examines how feminism, queer theory, and post-modern analysis have viewed Simone de Beauvoir and how the emphasis on deconstruction of Western approaches to sexuality present obstacles to acknowledging and validating bisexuality as a sexual orientation and identity.

Garber, M. (1995). Vice versa: Bisexuality and the eroticism of everyday life. New York: Simon & Schuster. If you are interested in an in-depth look at bisexuality in literature, popular culture, or psychoanalysis, this book is for you.

Geissler, S.-A. (1993). Doppelte Lust: Bisexualität heute–Erfahrungen und Bekenntnisse. [Dual desire: Bisexuality today: Experiences and confessions]. Munich: Wilhelm Heyne. An exploration of bisexuality in Germany, based on author’s interviews with bisexual women and bisexual men.

Geller, T. (Ed.). (1990). Bisexuality: A reader & sourcebook. Ojai, CA: Times Change Press. Collection of interviews and articles.

George, S. (1993). Women and bisexuality. London: Scarlet Press. An examination of bisexual identity and relationships, based on the author’s survey study of 150 self-identified bisexual women in the United Kingdom.

Gooß, U. (1995). Sexualwissenschaftliche Konzepte der Bisexualität von Männern. [The concept of bisexuality in scientific discourse about human sexuality]. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke. Scholarly examination by a German psychiatrist of the origins and development of the concept of bisexuality in the fields of psychology and sexology, including an overview of current theory and research.

Haeberle, E. J., & Gindorf, R. (Eds.). (1994). Bisexualitäten: Ideologie und Praxis des Sexualkontes mit beiden Geschlectern. [Bisexualities: Theory and practice of sexual relations with both sexes]. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag. Also published in 1998 in English as: Bisexualities: The ideology and practice of sexual contact with both men and women. New York: Continuum. Collection of essays by participants in the 1990 International Berlin Conference for Sexology. Most chapters reflect the beginnings of the shift in scholarly thinking about bisexuality that has come about as a result of subsequent and more current research on bisexuality and bisexual identity.

Hall, D. E., & Pramaggiore, M. (Eds.). (1996). RePresenting bisexualities: Subjects and cultures of fluid desire. New York: NYU Press. Collection of essays on bisexuality in queer theory, literature, film, and cultural studies.

Hansson, H. (Ed.). (1990). Bisexuele levens in Nederland. [Bisexual lives in the Netherlands]. Amsterdam: Orlando. Portrait of bisexual identity and relationships, based on the author’s interviews with bisexual women and men.

Hemmings, C. (2002). Bisexual spaces: A geography of sexuality and gender. New York: Routledge. The author of several articles and book chapters on bisexuality and queer theory applies a postmodern perspective sexuality, gender, and bisexual identity through by examining the geography and culture of Northampton, Massachusetts, and San Francisco.

Honnens, B.. (1996). Wenn die andere ein Mann ist: Frauen als Partnerinnen bisexueller Männer. [When the other person is a man: Women partners of bisexual men]. Frankfurt: Campus. Explores the experiences of women in marriages with bisexual men in Germany, based on the author’s interviews.

Hüsers, F., & König, A. (1995). Bisexualität. [Bisexuality]. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme. A sociologist and a psychiatrist provide a comprehensive and affirmative picture of and guide to bisexuality in Germany today.

Hutchins, L., & Kaahumanu, L. (Eds.). (1991). Bi any other name: Bisexual people speak out. Boston: Alyson. Diverse collection of 75 essays and autobiographical narratives by bi-identified people from the United States.

Klein, F. (1993). The bisexual option (2nd ed.). New York: Harrington Park Press. Second edition of the one of the first affirmatively written books on bisexuality, originally published in 1978 (Charlotte Wolff’s 1979 book, listed below, is the other). The author is also the creator of the well-known Klein Sexual Orientation Grid (KSOG), a multidimensional approach to sexual orientation and sexual identity.

Klein, F., & Schwartz, T. (2001). Bisexual and gay husbands, their stories, their words. New York: Harrington Park Press. A collection of personal accounts, based on contributions to an online discussion group for gay and bisexual married men.

Klein, F., & Wolf, T. J. (Eds.). (1985). Two lives to lead: Bisexuality in men and women. New York: Harrington Park Press. The first published scholarly collection of reports on 1980s research on bisexuality. Originally a special issue of the prestigious Journal of Homosexuality (1985, Vol. 11, Issue 1/2).

Kohn, B., & Matusow, A. (1980). Barry and Alice: Portrait of a bisexual marriage. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. An autobiographical account of the authors’ marriage and the impact on their relationship of their coming to terms with their bisexuality.

Kolodny, D. R. (Ed.). (2000). Blessed bi spirit: Bisexual ...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About The Editor
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• The Bisexual Experience Living in a Dichotomous Culture
• Bisexuality Among Self-Identified Heterosexual College Students
• Friendships Across Sexual Orientations Experiences of Bisexual Women in Early Adulthood
• How Many Bisexuals Does it Take to change a light bulb? A many as you want
• Works in Progress How Mixed-Orientation Couples Maintain Their Marriages After the Wives Come Out
• Negotiating (Non)Monogamy Bisexuality and Intimate Relatinships
• The Intersection of Race and Bisexuality A Critical Overview of the Literature and Past, Present, and Future Directions of the “Borderlands”
• Attitudes Toward Bisexual Women and Men Current Research, Future Directions
• Best Case Sexual Scenario
• Mental Health Services Experiences of Bisexual Women and Bisexual Men An Empirical Study
• Bisexuality A Reader's Guide to the Social Science Literature
• Bi Film-Video World Frida and Oscar
• Bi Books Bisexual and Gay Husbands: Their Stories, Their Words
• Index