How do bisexual men across the UK embody bisexual identities in changing social settings?

英国各地的双性恋男性如何在不断变化的社会环境中体现双性恋身份？

• 批准号: 2883474
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bristol
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2883474
• 关键词: How; do; bisexual; men; across

Bisexual men have been largely under-researched in bisexual scholarship. Bisexual peopleoften struggle to feel validated in a society that favours the sexual binaries - homosexualityand heterosexuality - and bisexual men must contend with this and expectations ofmasculinity too. While there are (often inaccurate) representations of gay, lesbian andheterosexual appearances, the same cannot be said for bisexual people. Being visible is vitalto forming communities, sharing experiences, and existing away from oppression. Newforms of bisexual community-led representations are beginning to surface such as BiTok onTikTok, but these are not/cannot be widely representative. As new forms of bisexualexpression become more visible, how do bisexual men across the UK understand andembody bisexual identities? Through the micro-ethnographic method of mobile interviews,this study will be done in collaboration with thirty-five bisexual men from a variety oflocations across the UK to understand how they shape their visual expressions of whatbisexuality is, what it feels like, and what it looks like. It will analyse how bisexuality isbrought into being by bisexual men, how they dress and what accessories they wear toembody their idea of bisexuality, how changing social settings force bisexual visualisationsto be (re)negotiated, and the affectual responses being (in)validated produces. In doing so, Iwill seek to collaboratively inquire with these men about new possibilities of shapingbisexual visibility outside of stereotypes and essentialist categories. Ultimately, it willunderstand how bisexual men are forced to be the makers of their own sexual identities, ina culture where to be bisexual is to be invisible.This research will explore bisexual men's experiences as they embody their bisexualitythrough changing social settings. The central aim is to understand how they embody theirsexual identity visually and the affectual, emotional response this creates. Therefore,questions that will guide this research are:- How do self-identifying bisexual men from different locations in the UK express theirbisexuality visually?- How have self-identifying bisexual men from different locations in the UK previouslynegotiated and renegotiated their bisexual embodiment in the process ofunderstanding their sexual identity?- What accessories or visual cues are self-identifying bisexual men from differentlocations in the UK using to bring their bisexuality into being?

在双性恋学者中，双性恋男性在很大程度上被研究不足。在一个倾向于同性恋和异性恋的社会里，双性恋者常常很难感到自己被认可，双性恋者也必须与这种情况和对男子气概的期望作斗争。虽然有（通常不准确的）男同性恋、女同性恋和异性恋外表的代表，但双性恋者的情况就不一样了。可见对于形成社区、分享经验和远离压迫至关重要。新形式的双性恋社区主导的代表开始浮出水面，如BiTok on TikTok，但这些都没有/不能广泛代表。随着新的双性恋表达形式越来越明显，英国各地的双性恋男性是如何理解和认同双性恋身份的？通过移动的访谈的微观民族志方法，这项研究将与来自英国各地的35名双性恋男性合作，以了解他们如何塑造他们的视觉表达双性恋是什么，感觉像什么，看起来像什么。它将分析双性恋是如何产生的，他们如何穿着，他们穿什么配饰来体现他们的双性恋观念，不断变化的社会环境如何迫使双性恋视觉被（重新）协商，以及情感反应被（不）验证产生。在这样做的过程中，我将寻求与这些男性合作，探讨在刻板印象和本质主义类别之外塑造双性恋可见性的新可能性。最终，它将了解双性恋男性是如何被迫成为自己性身份的创造者，在文化中，双性恋是不可见的。这项研究将探索双性恋男性的经验，因为他们通过改变社会环境来体现他们的双性恋。中心目标是了解他们如何在视觉上体现自己的性别身份，以及由此产生的情感和情绪反应。因此，指导这项研究的问题是：-来自英国不同地区的自我认同的双性恋男性如何在视觉上表达他们的双性恋？-来自英国不同地方的自我认同的双性恋男性在理解他们的性身份的过程中，是如何协商和重新协商他们的双性恋化身的？来自英国不同地方的双性恋男性用什么配件或视觉线索来实现他们的双性恋？