caa a22 4500 445887141 CHVBK 20180317145603.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11133-011-9205-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11133-011-9205-1 Kazyak Emily Department of Sociology & Program in Women's and Gender Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 725 Oldfather Hall, 68588, Lincoln, NE, USA aut Disrupting Cultural Selves: Constructing Gay and Lesbian Identities in Rural Locales [Elektronische Daten] [Emily Kazyak] Research points to the increasing geographical diversity of gays and lesbians, in contrast to cultural narratives that link gay and lesbian sexualities to urban spaces. Examining the sexual identity constructions of rural gays and lesbians thus provides an opportunity to analyze the connection between cultural and personal levels of narrative identity. Drawing on data from thirty interviews with rural gays and lesbians, I address how this group negotiates cultural narratives about queerness and constructs sexual identities in rural locales. I find that their interpretations of geography make clear distinctions between urban/rural and draw on elements in rural culture. These interpretations provide resources to modify cultural understandings that narrate gay/lesbian identities in rural areas as closeted, hidden, and oppressed. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Gay nationallicence Lesbian nationallicence Geography nationallicence Rural nationallicence Identity nationallicence Qualitative Sociology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 34/4(2011-12-01), 561-581 0162-0436 34:4<561 2011 34 11133 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-011-9205-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-011-9205-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kazyak Emily Department of Sociology & Program in Women's and Gender Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 725 Oldfather Hall, 68588, Lincoln, NE, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Qualitative Sociology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 34/4(2011-12-01), 561-581 0162-0436 34:4<561 2011 34 11133 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer