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<p>Katherine Johnson aims to queer false polarities within the study of sexuality. She attempts to evaluate how sexuality can be studied more holistically. Always on the side of social justice, Johnson's book is also a political engagement with sexuality. This highly ethical book should be required reading for those working inbetween and across disciplines, and those entrenched within institutional paradigms who cannot see the wood for the trees. Sally Munt, University of Sussex <p>Appreciative of social constructionist approaches while recognizing their limits, Katherine Johnson clears the way for a much-needed psychosocial analysis of sexuality. Along the way, she takes us on a tour of many of the field s crucial debates gay genes, the origins of desire, the affective turn, among others steadfastly refusing the reductionism that all too frequently plagues dominant paradigms. Arlene Stein, Rutgers University

Katherine Johnson aims to queer false polarities within the study of sexuality. She attempts to evaluate how sexuality can be studied more holistically. Always on the side of social justice, Johnson's book is also a political engagement with sexuality. This highly ethical book should be required reading for those working inbetween and across disciplines, and those entrenched within institutional paradigms who cannot see the wood for the trees. Sally Munt, University of Sussex Appreciative of social constructionist approaches while recognizing their limits, Katherine Johnson clears the way for a much-needed psychosocial analysis of sexuality. Along the way, she takes us on a tour of many of the field's crucial debates N gay genes, the origins of desire, the affective turn, among others Nsteadfastly refusing the reductionism that all too frequently plagues dominant paradigms. Arlene Stein, Rutgers University

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Katherine Johnson is Head of Psychology and Psychotherapy Division, School of Applied Social Science, and member of the LGBT Queer Life Research Hub at the University of Brighton

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