Extending sexual scripting theory through critical discursive psychology: An analytical approach to explore the performance of sexual identities.

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Extending sexual scripting theory through critical discursive psychology: An analytical approach to explore the performance of sexual identities.

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Massey University

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Sexual scripting theory, a widely used tool in sexuality research, was originally developed by Gagnon and Simon to illuminate the social nature of sexual practices and identity construction. Later, they sought to develop the theory further to align with a social constructionist perspective. However, vestiges of individualism and cognitivism haunt sexual scripting theory largely due to the use of the symbolic interactionist concept of performance. To address this, we draw on the performance–pe...

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2024-09-23

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Healy-Cullen S / Morison T

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/71503

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sexuality / sexual scripting theory / critical discursive psychology / sexual identity / performance / performativity

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