Researching Heteronormativity
How to live like ‘any other human being’ – indeed. But how do humans live? Do they always live the same lives everywhere? As this is clearly not the case, how do humans learn what is ‘normal’ in their particular context? And what happens to those who, for whatever reason, the straightjacket of ‘norm...
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Zusammenfassung: | How to live like ‘any other human being’ – indeed. But how do humans live? Do they always live the same lives everywhere? As this is clearly not the case, how do humans learn what is ‘normal’ in their particular context? And what happens to those who, for whatever reason, the straightjacket of ‘normalcy’ does not fit? Do they feel disoriented in the ongoing process of the imposition of ‘normalcy’?¹
This book features the lives of women living non-normative lives. Their reflections on their lives also hold up a mirror to the outside, ‘normal’ world – a mirror that does not un-problematically |
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DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv32bm16t.5 |