Bisexuality
The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority
Beth A. Firestein
- Inner Source Psychotherapy and Consultation Service
Purchase
Paperback
ISBN:
9780803972742
Available from
January 0001
Description
A landmark volume in the field, Bisexuality presents a state-of-the-art glimpse of what is known and what remains to be known about bisexuality. Editor Beth A. Firestein gathers together an impressive group of researchers, activists, educators, theorists, and clinicians to offer insight into this understudied sexual orientation. Written in a scholarly but accessible style, this noteworthy collection of essays provides a focused, comprehensive introduction to research, theory, and practical clinical knowledge about bisexuality. The contributors agree that, given recognition and validity, the study of bisexuality can extend what we know about sexual orientation and sexual identity as well as shed light on previously unexplored aspects of sexuality. This insightful volume explicates the emergence of bisexuality as a phenomenon requiring a paradigm shift in sexual-orientation studies and discusses the implications of this shift.
Bisexuality makes accurate, high-quality information about the subject available to professionals and students in lesbian/gay studies, gender studies, sociology, family studies, and human sexuality. The book also brings current clinical perspectives together in a user-friendly volume for practitioners in social work and clinical/counseling psychology.
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
Prologue
- That Naked Place
Introduction
Introduction
PART ONE: OVERVIEW: BISEXUALITY IN PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Bisexuality in Perspective
- A Review of Theory and Research
PART TWO: DIVERSITY: UNDERSTANDING AND VALUING DIFFERENCE
- Managing Multiple Identities
- Diversity among Bisexual Women and Men
- Gender Identity and Bisexuality
- Bisexuality, Sexual Diversity and the Sex-Positive Perspective
PART THREE: COUNSELING ISSUES: CHALLENGES AND CHOICES
- Monogamy and Polyamory
- Relationship Issues for Bisexuals
- Bisexual Men, Sexual Behavior and HIV/AIDS
- Bisexual Women and the AIDS Crisis
- Counseling and Psychotherapy with Bisexual and Exploring Clients
PART FOUR: POLITICS AND COMMUNITY: BECOMING VISIBLE
- Biphobia
- It Goes More than Two Ways
- Bisexuality
- Politics and Community
PART FIVE: AFFIRMING BISEXUALITY: PARADIGMS AND POSSIBILITIES
- Bisexuality as Paradigm Shift
- Transforming Our Disciplines
Description
A landmark volume in the field, Bisexuality presents a state-of-the-art glimpse of what is known and what remains to be known about bisexuality. Editor Beth A. Firestein gathers together an impressive group of researchers, activists, educators, theorists, and clinicians to offer insight into this understudied sexual orientation. Written in a scholarly but accessible style, this noteworthy collection of essays provides a focused, comprehensive introduction to research, theory, and practical clinical knowledge about bisexuality. The contributors agree that, given recognition and validity, the study of bisexuality can extend what we know about sexual orientation and sexual identity as well as shed light on previously unexplored aspects of sexuality. This insightful volume explicates the emergence of bisexuality as a phenomenon requiring a paradigm shift in sexual-orientation studies and discusses the implications of this shift.
Bisexuality makes accurate, high-quality information about the subject available to professionals and students in lesbian/gay studies, gender studies, sociology, family studies, and human sexuality. The book also brings current clinical perspectives together in a user-friendly volume for practitioners in social work and clinical/counseling psychology.
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
Prologue
- That Naked Place
Introduction
Introduction
PART ONE: OVERVIEW: BISEXUALITY IN PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Bisexuality in Perspective
- A Review of Theory and Research
PART TWO: DIVERSITY: UNDERSTANDING AND VALUING DIFFERENCE
- Managing Multiple Identities
- Diversity among Bisexual Women and Men
- Gender Identity and Bisexuality
- Bisexuality, Sexual Diversity and the Sex-Positive Perspective
PART THREE: COUNSELING ISSUES: CHALLENGES AND CHOICES
- Monogamy and Polyamory
- Relationship Issues for Bisexuals
- Bisexual Men, Sexual Behavior and HIV/AIDS
- Bisexual Women and the AIDS Crisis
- Counseling and Psychotherapy with Bisexual and Exploring Clients
PART FOUR: POLITICS AND COMMUNITY: BECOMING VISIBLE
- Biphobia
- It Goes More than Two Ways
- Bisexuality
- Politics and Community
PART FIVE: AFFIRMING BISEXUALITY: PARADIGMS AND POSSIBILITIES
- Bisexuality as Paradigm Shift
- Transforming Our Disciplines
August 1996 | 360 pages | Sage US
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 28/02/2026 | 9780803972742 | $169.00 |
A landmark volume in the field, Bisexuality presents a state-of-the-art glimpse of what is known and what remains to be known about bisexuality. Editor Beth A. Firestein gathers together an impressive group of researchers, activists, educators, theorists, and clinicians to offer insight into this understudied sexual orientation. Written in a scholarly but accessible style, this noteworthy collection of essays provides a focused, comprehensive introduction to research, theory, and practical clinical knowledge about bisexuality. The contributors agree that, given recognition and validity, the study of bisexuality can extend what we know about sexual orientation and sexual identity as well as shed light on previously unexplored aspects of sexuality. This insightful volume explicates the emergence of bisexuality as a phenomenon requiring a paradigm shift in sexual-orientation studies and discusses the implications of this shift.
Bisexuality makes accurate, high-quality information about the subject available to professionals and students in lesbian/gay studies, gender studies, sociology, family studies, and human sexuality. The book also brings current clinical perspectives together in a user-friendly volume for practitioners in social work and clinical/counseling psychology.
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword
- Prologue
- That Naked Place
- Introduction
- PART ONE: OVERVIEW: BISEXUALITY IN PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Bisexuality in Perspective
- A Review of Theory and Research
- PART TWO: DIVERSITY: UNDERSTANDING AND VALUING DIFFERENCE
- Managing Multiple Identities
- Diversity among Bisexual Women and Men
- Gender Identity and Bisexuality
- Bisexuality, Sexual Diversity and the Sex-Positive Perspective
- PART THREE: COUNSELING ISSUES: CHALLENGES AND CHOICES
- Monogamy and Polyamory
- Relationship Issues for Bisexuals
- Bisexual Men, Sexual Behavior and HIV/AIDS
- Bisexual Women and the AIDS Crisis
- Counseling and Psychotherapy with Bisexual and Exploring Clients
- PART FOUR: POLITICS AND COMMUNITY: BECOMING VISIBLE
- Biphobia
- It Goes More than Two Ways
- Bisexuality
- Politics and Community
- PART FIVE: AFFIRMING BISEXUALITY: PARADIGMS AND POSSIBILITIES
- Bisexuality as Paradigm Shift
- Transforming Our Disciplines