James Joseph Dean is Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University in Northern California. He is the author of Straights: Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted Culture (2014). Dean's work has appeared in Contexts, Sexualities, The Sociological Quarterly, and Sociology Compass, among others. His research interests include LGBTQ studies, Critical Heterosexualities Studies, and transgender studies.Nancy L. Fischer is Associate Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. Nancy is a co-editor of the anthology Introducing the New Sexuality Studies (along with Steven Seidman). She also edited a special issue on contemporary heterosexuality studies for the journal The Sociological Quarterly. She is a former chair and secretary of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Sexualities. A sociologist with broad interests, she has written about incest, sexual morality, urban sustainability, and the social meaning of second-hand and vintage clothing.

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• Introduction - Thinking Straightness: An Introduction to Critical Heterosexualities Studies Part 1: Origins, Histories, Theories 1. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence 2. Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions 3. The Invention of Heterosexuality 4. Critique of Compulsory Heterosexuality Part 2: Heterosexualities Across the Life Course 5. Normalizing Heterosexuality: Mothers’ Assumptions, Talk, and Strategies with Young Children 6. "Your Father Wouldn’t Like It:" The Social Construction of Heterosexuality in Early Childhood 7. "Coming Out": Gender, (Hetero)Sexuality and the Primary School 8. The Ambiguity of "Having Sex": The Subjective Experience of Virginity Loss in the United States 9. Hooking Up: Hot Hetero sex or the New Numb Normative? 10. "Speaking as a Heterosexual": (How) Does Sexuality Matter for Talk-in-Interaction? 11. A Heterosexual Life: Older Women and Agency within Marriage and the Family Part 3: Straight Identities and Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender 12. Prisons for Our Bodies, Closets for Our Minds: Racism, Heterosexism, and Black Sexuality 13. Displaying Heterosexuality in An Inner City 14. Straight Women: Doing and Undoing Compulsory Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted American Culture 15. "Guys are Just Homophobic": Rethinking Adolescent Homophobia and Heterosexuality 16. "Sprinkle Some Gay on my Straight": Hybrid Hegemonic Masculinities in a Post-Gay Era 17. Doing Gender, Doing Heteronormativity: "Gender Normals", Transgender People, and the Social Maintenance of Heterosexuality Part 4: Straight States 18. Introduction to "The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America" 19. Uganda’s Anti-homosexuality Bill: Reflections from a Transnational Frame 20. One is not Born a Bride: How Weddings Regulate Heterosexuality 21. Promoting Marriage for America: The Intimate Relationship Between the State and Heterosexuality Part 5: Rethinking Sexual Fluidity, Straight Privilege, and Allyship 22. Straight Girls Kissing: Heteroflexibility in the College Party Scene 23. A Mixed-Method Study of Same-Sex Kissing among College-Attending Heterosexual Men 24. Bud-Sex: Constructing Normative Masculinity Among Rural Straight Men That Have Sex with Men 25. ‘Straight with a Pinch of Bi’: The Contours of Male Heteroflexibility 26. No Homo 27. "With Allies Like These…": Toward a Sociology of Straight Allies

James Joseph Dean is Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University in Northern California. He is the author of Straights: Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted Culture (2014). Dean's work has appeared in Contexts, Sexualities, The Sociological Quarterly, and Sociology Compass, among others. His research interests include LGBTQ studies, Critical Heterosexualities Studies, and transgender studies.Nancy L. Fischer is Associate Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. Nancy is a co-editor of the anthology Introducing the New Sexuality Studies (along with Steven Seidman). She also edited a special issue on contemporary heterosexuality studies for the journal The Sociological Quarterly. She is a former chair and secretary of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Sexualities. A sociologist with broad interests, she has written about incest, sexual morality, urban sustainability, and the social meaning of second-hand and vintage clothing.

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• Introduction - Thinking Straightness: An Introduction to Critical Heterosexualities Studies Part 1: Origins, Histories, Theories 1. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence 2. Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions 3. The Invention of Heterosexuality 4. Critique of Compulsory Heterosexuality Part 2: Heterosexualities Across the Life Course 5. Normalizing Heterosexuality: Mothers’ Assumptions, Talk, and Strategies with Young Children 6. "Your Father Wouldn’t Like It:" The Social Construction of Heterosexuality in Early Childhood 7. "Coming Out": Gender, (Hetero)Sexuality and the Primary School 8. The Ambiguity of "Having Sex": The Subjective Experience of Virginity Loss in the United States 9. Hooking Up: Hot Hetero sex or the New Numb Normative? 10. "Speaking as a Heterosexual": (How) Does Sexuality Matter for Talk-in-Interaction? 11. A Heterosexual Life: Older Women and Agency within Marriage and the Family Part 3: Straight Identities and Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender 12. Prisons for Our Bodies, Closets for Our Minds: Racism, Heterosexism, and Black Sexuality 13. Displaying Heterosexuality in An Inner City 14. Straight Women: Doing and Undoing Compulsory Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted American Culture 15. "Guys are Just Homophobic": Rethinking Adolescent Homophobia and Heterosexuality 16. "Sprinkle Some Gay on my Straight": Hybrid Hegemonic Masculinities in a Post-Gay Era 17. Doing Gender, Doing Heteronormativity: "Gender Normals", Transgender People, and the Social Maintenance of Heterosexuality Part 4: Straight States 18. Introduction to "The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America" 19. Uganda’s Anti-homosexuality Bill: Reflections from a Transnational Frame 20. One is not Born a Bride: How Weddings Regulate Heterosexuality 21. Promoting Marriage for America: The Intimate Relationship Between the State and Heterosexuality Part 5: Rethinking Sexual Fluidity, Straight Privilege, and Allyship 22. Straight Girls Kissing: Heteroflexibility in the College Party Scene 23. A Mixed-Method Study of Same-Sex Kissing among College-Attending Heterosexual Men 24. Bud-Sex: Constructing Normative Masculinity Among Rural Straight Men That Have Sex with Men 25. ‘Straight with a Pinch of Bi’: The Contours of Male Heteroflexibility 26. No Homo 27. "With Allies Like These…": Toward a Sociology of Straight Allies