Sexualities: Past Reflections, Future Directions

List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction Reflexive Sexualities and Reflexive Sociology; B.Heaphy The Affect of Methods; J.Gabb To Pass Without Hindrance: Citizenship, Community, Diversity – or Death; Y.Taylor Telling Personal Stories in Academic Research Publications: Reflexivity, Intersubjectivity and Contextual Positionalities'; C.Klesse Born This Way: Congenital Heterosexuals and the Making of Heteroflexibility; J.Ward Straight Indiscretions or Queer Hypocrites: Public Negotiations of Identity and Sexual Behaviour; E.Shapiro The Romantic Imaginary: Compulsory Coupledom & Single Existence; E.Wilkinson Reimagining Families of Choice; R.Jones-Wild The Politics of Sexuality in Portugal: Confronting Tradition, Enacting Change; A.Santos Stirring it Up – Again: A Politics of Difference in the New Millennium; S.Hines Erotic Care: A Queer Feminist Bathhouse and the Power of Attentive Action; D.Cooper 'Shanghai Goes West': A Story of the Development of a Commercial Gay Scene in China; C.Bassi 'Sexing Up' Bodily Aesthetics: Notes towards Theorizing Trans Sexuality; Z.Davy & E.Steinbock Past, Present and Future: Exploring the Sexual Identities of People with Learning Difficulties; R.Garbutt Index