Abstract
This article explores the ways gay men living with HIV talk about their identities in relationship to ideas concerning essentialism in the broader context of biomedicalisation. Data were collected from 36 HIV-positive gay men between 2001 and 2005 from two studies. All interview material was initially collected and analysed using broadly speaking thematic analysis. Identity-oriented themes were then further explored with a critical lens examining resonances with essentialism. We detail three related themes: ‘the intersections of homosexuality, HIV and the biomedical’; ‘being HIV: ontological crisis and obstinate essentialism’; and ‘identity and treating HIV’.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 283-295 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Psychology of Sexualities Review |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 18 May 2012 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- HIV
- gay men
- essentialism
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Flowers, P., & Davis, M. (2013). Obstinate essentialism: identity transformations amongst gay men living with HIV. Psychology of Sexualities Review, 4(3), 283-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2012.679364