Sexualities Research

Andrew King is a senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey, UKAna Cristina Santos is a sociologist and senior researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, PortugalIsabel Crowhurst is a lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Essex, UK

• List of Tables List of ContributorsAcknowledgements Chapter One – IntroductionAndrew King, Ana Cristina Santos and Isabel CrowhurstPart I – Critical InterjectionsChapter Two – Materialism, Micropolitics and the Sexuality-Assemblages of Young MenPam Alldred and Nick J. FoxChapter Three – Ordinary SexualityBrian HeaphyChapter Four – ‘Counting’ for Equality: Youth, Class and Sexual CitizenshipElizabeth McDermottChapter Five – The Normative Account: Sexual Experiences and Constructions of Masculinity Among Young Moroccan Men in EuropeVulca FidoliniChapter Six – Practice Theory and Interactionism: an Integrative Approach to the Sociology of Everyday Sexuality?Stevi Jackson and Sue ScottPart II – Critical MethodologiesChapter Seven – Making Space at the (Queer) Academic Table?Yvette TaylorChapter Eight - Challenges in Reflexive Research into Loneliness and Isolation in Older LesbiansJill WilkensChapter Nine – Reading Texts and Their Silences: Sexuality and the Autobiographical MethodRoma Dey Chapter Ten – Intimate Partner Violence in Lesbian Relationships: An Interactional-Structural AnalysisAlžběta MožíšováChapter Eleven – "Inside/Out": Researching Young Adults’ Sexuality in a(n) (Un)Familiar Space. A Reflexive ApproachAna Cristina MarquesPart III – Critical PracticesChapter Twelve - Uncomfortable Bargains? Networking between Local Authorities and LGBT Associations in the Context of NeoliberalismBeatrice GusmanoChapter Thirteen - Transgender Offenders Within the Prison Estate: A Comparative Analysis of Penal PolicyJoanna JamelChapter Fourteen - Conducting Sex Work Research in a Politically Contentious Climate: Lessons from IrelandPaul Ryan and Susann HuschkeChapter Fifteen - Medicalized Virilism Under Scrutiny: Expert Knowledge on Male Sexual Health in ItalyRaffaella Ferrero Camoletto and Chiara BertoneChapter Sixteen - Challenging the Use of Heteronormative Categories in Childlessness StudiesGerardo Zamora

With this wide-ranging collection of essays, European sociological research on sexualities can be said to have come of age. Representing the work of both established and early career scholars, the book both offers an important overview of the key concerns and approaches within the field, and advances our understanding of the complex realities of sexual relationships and identities in contemporary Europe.Sasha Roseneil, Professor of Sociology and Executive Dean (Social Sciences, University of EssexThis book presents a fascinating and eclectic range of topics related to the sociology of sexuality, which demonstrates a rich seam of theoretical, methodological and applied approaches variously utilised by sexualities researchers. It represents the vitality of established and emerging sexualities scholarship across Europe, importantly interwoven with the wider contemporary socio-political contexts in which sexualities research is situated.Kathryn Almack, Professor, School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, UK