Dear Sarah,
A warm welcome to you into our small group! My name is Elisabete Oliveira,
I am a doctorate researcher in Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. I'm
developing my research on asexuality, particularly on socialization
processes and self-identification as asexual of young men and women (in a
sociological perspective).
I have just started a blog, which is the first in Brazil to introduce
academic research on asexuality. This is the link:
http://assexualidades.blogspot.com/ In less than two months, there was
almost 800 accesses. I have recieved lots of positive feedback from asexuals
in Brazil and that motivates me a lot. As in Brazil very few people can
speak English, it was my wish to bring into the country some of my readings
of the foreign literature on asexuality, which wouldn't be available
otherwise.
I hope we can have great discussions and learn with one another in this
group.
Have a nice evening (10 pm in São Paulo)
Elisabete Oliveira
Doctorate Researcher
São Paulo University - São Paulo, Brazil
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From: "Sarah Steadman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: Introduction
Hello!
My name is Sarah and I am a recent university graduate with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Sociology, Honors Specialization. I am currently waiting to
be accepted into a graduate program in the area of Sociological and Critical
Social/Political Theory (fingers crossed). I have been active with the
asexual community since my early teens. While attending university I became
increasingly aware of the importance of raising the topic academically. In
my second year of my undergraduate degree I approached a professor of the
Psychology course, 'Human Sexuality', and was given permission to develop a
lecture, which was presented to three classes at The University of Western
Ontario and King's University College. Since then, I have continued to
develop this lecture and present every year.
Though I have not contributed any formal research on asexuality, it is my
intention to write about the topic, hopefully some day soon. I am
specifically interested in understanding the context from which the asexual
community has emerged, identity construction and the politics of identity,
as well as the potential for asexuality to challenge epistemic hegemony. My
last thought is complex because, though the term usually refers to the
theoretical discussion on the relation between the Global North and South
(and asexuality as a phenomena and its research is primarily located in the
North), I think asexuality could provide criticism to the ways in which the
Enlightenment project has affected everything from the family to the way in
which we understand intimacy and gender relations - 'sexuality' and the
notion of 'sexual development' being central to conquest.
I look forward to engaging in discussion with all of you. Thank you to
Andrew for introducing me to this e-mail listing, and for the extensive
amount of work he puts into collecting articles on asexuality.
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