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The Climax of the Story: Queering Women's Sexual Histories and Pleasure Narratives

Ciaralli, Spencier R
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1623766193046997

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Sociology.
This dissertation analyzes narratives of women speaking about their sexual history and pleasures, with a focus on how women conceptualize their own experience and compare it to others. Additionally, this study strives to understand how women create meanings that are important to their sexual experience, and how this is related to their gender and sexual identity. By using a critical framework, this study explores and interrogates the organization of power and domination—by this, I mean social, cultural and political stakeholders who benefit from maintaining a particular understanding of female pleasure and women’s bodies. Using a queer feminist lens, this research explores the historical and current issues surrounding the common understanding of female sexuality. This research seeks to fill a gap in the literature on sexual histories, sexual pleasures, orgasms, and queer narrative by centering the voices of women.
Mary Erdmans, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Gary Deimling, Dr. (Committee Member)
Susan Hinze, Dr. (Committee Member)
Lisa Nielson, Dr. (Committee Member)
243 p.
Sociology
Queer; Sexuality; Gender; Sexual Behavior; Emotional Labor; LGBT; Gender Roles; Narrative; Heteronormativity

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  • Ciaralli, S. R. (2021). The Climax of the Story: Queering Women's Sexual Histories and Pleasure Narratives [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1623766193046997

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ciaralli, Spencier. The Climax of the Story: Queering Women's Sexual Histories and Pleasure Narratives. 2021. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1623766193046997.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ciaralli, Spencier. "The Climax of the Story: Queering Women's Sexual Histories and Pleasure Narratives." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1623766193046997

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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