Lesbian, Queer, and Bisexual Women in Heterosexual Relationships - by Ahoo Tabatabai

About the Book

Using narrative analysis, this book draws on interviews with women who left relationships with other women to begin relationships with men in order to understand how these women make sense of their sexual identities.

Book Synopsis

Using narrative analysis, this book draws on interviews with women who left relationships with other women to begin relationships with men in order to understand how these women make sense of their sexual identities.

Review Quotes

An engaging study from which much can be learned about the power of narratives in orchestrating the fluidity of our sexual lives.

What happens when you're a (former?) dyke in love with a dude? In this book, Tabatabai presents dazzling narratives from women who are not straight, not bisexual, not lesbian--their identities suspended in parentheses, question marks, and ellipses. This group of women, often misunderstood and on the margins of many communities, work to make their identities coherent to themselves and others through a series of embodied choices that Tabatabai deftly disentangles. Ultimately, these are stories about belonging and boundaries as women work to build lives that are both visible and meaningful.

About the Author

Ahoo Tabatabai is assistant professor of sociology in the Psychology and Sociology Department at Columbia College.