Enciso Domínguez, Giazú ; Pujol, Juan; Motzkau, Johanna F. and Popper, Miroslav
(2017).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354317700289 |
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Abstract
While monogamy is the norm for romantic and intimate relationships in contemporary western societies, having other sexual and affective interactions alongside a monogamous relationship is a common practice. Instead of a unilateral and/or covert non-monogamy, polyamory promises a consensual, ethical, and responsible non-monogamy. The personal transformation of normative cultural frameworks is fundamental to the experience of “becoming polyamorous.” This article explores such occasions using the notion of liminality in order to illustrate the phenomenon of “liminal hotspots.” Focusing on a specific and exemplary case describing the first stages of a polyamorous relationship, the paper explores the reordering of social formations involved. In this case, “becoming polyamorous” is expressed through a process of suspended transition where categories can be described as both/and monogamous/polyamorous and neither/nor monogamous/polyamorous.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2017 The Authors |
| ISSN: | 1461-7447 |
| Keywords: | polyamory; liminality; non-monogamy; romantic love; affective ordering |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR) Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC) |
| Item ID: | 49132 |
| Depositing User: | Johanna Motzkau |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2017 08:53 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2017 08:53 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/49132 |
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