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Sexuality and the Dimensions of Power
Power, many scholars agree, is intrinsic to the relationships between sexuality, individual experience and social dynamics. Beyond this basic agreement, though, writers and researchers have adopted different foci. This ...
Homoerotic Subjectivities and the Historical Imagination
The subjectivities of homoerotically-inclined men sometimes seem elusive, especially in an historical context. This article explores a range of life documents - court files, diaries, photographs and letters - and looks at ...
Through the (New) Looking Glass: Gendered Bodies, Fashion and Resistance in Post-war New Zealand
In 1947, French designer Christian Dior released the New Look, a style of women’s clothing characterized by long, stiffened skirts and wasp waistlines. For Dior, the fashion offered a glamorous, feminine look following ...
Traveling Orthodoxies?: Sexuality and Political Correctness in New Zealand
In the English-speaking world during the 1990s, the mass media contained much discussion of political correctness. Cultural politics in general, and ques- tions of gender, ethnicity, and sexuality in particular, have since ...
The Sociological Construction of Gender and Sexuality
This essay considers how we might come to understand social constructionism sociologically. It examines a number of related approaches to gender and sexuality that speak to sociological concerns and might be termed social ...
Histories of Adolescence and Affect: Setting an Agenda
What did adolescence feel like in the past? This article explores the historical relationships between adolescence and affect – feeling, emotion and lived intensities – in order to explore this question. Drawing from a ...
Soldier to Civilian: Army Education and Postwar New Zealand Citizenship
New Zealand's army education schemes were established in 1943, following overseas practice, with several objectives in mind. Those on active service often suffered from boredom, and the schemes' libraries, movies and study ...
Sex Instruction and the Construction of Homosexuality in New Zealand, 1920-1965
Historical analysis of sex education materials, as well as of the debates that surround them, can shed light upon the construction of sexuality in particular contexts. This article examines some of these materials and ...
Masculinites, Performativity, and Subversion: A Sociological Reappraisal
The study of masculinities has not escaped the influence of Judith Butler’s writings on gender, performativity, and subversion. However, this article suggests that Butler’s formulations of performativity and subversion ...
Sexology, the Homo/Hetero Binary, and the Complexities of Male Sexual History
This article re-evaluates the emphasis on the ‘homo/hetero binary’, which appears in many discussions of sexuality since the late 19th century, by exploring several key European sexological texts and their classifications ...