Searchable Bibliography

Our searchable bibliography will allow you to browse and easily find a list of curated sources pertaining to aromanticism, asexuality, and its related subject matters. To maximize the relevancy of the search results, these are our recommended steps to using the bibliography.

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AuthorsTitleYearTags
Erick BurdockVillains, victims, and virgins: Asexuality in the films of Alfred Hitchcock2018asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; AVEN; celibacy; corrective assault; dandy; death; desexualization; gay; gender; HSDD; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; masculinity; media; otherness; pathologization; queer; queer theory; representation; repulsion/aversion; romantic; sexual violence; trauma; virginity
Day WongAsexuality in China's sexual revolution: Asexual marriage as coping strategy2015asexual; AVEN; celibacy; China; intimacy; love; marriage; mixed methods; nonsexual; pathologization; platonic; pro forma marriage; romantic; self-identification; sexusociety
Christian Klesse, Leehee Rothschild, Jaisie WalkerQueer(ing) Consensual Non-Monogamies, Queering Therapy: Queer Intimacy, Kinship, and Experiences of CNM in LGBTQIA+ Lives2022amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; BDSM; bisexual; friendship; gender; intimacy; kink; kinship; LGBTQ; nonbinary; nonmonogamy; platonic; psychology; queer; queerplatonic; romantic; trans
Tiina VaresAsexualities, Intimacies and Relationality2019aromantic; asexual; AVEN; crush; definitions; demisexuality; friendship; gray-asexuality; intimacy; marriage; monogamy; narrative; nonsexual; online community; platonic; queerplatonic; repulsion/aversion; romantic; self-identification; split attraction; squish
Tiina Vares"My [asexuality] is playing hell with my dating life": Romantic identified asexuals negotiate the dating game2018asexual; BDSM; gender; intimacy; monogamy; New Zealand; nonmonogamy; qualitative methods; romantic; split attraction
Jo TeutFirst time2020intimacy; literature; poetry; primary source; romantic
Matt Dawson, Susie Scott, Liz McDonnellNegotiating the boundaries of intimacy: the personal lives of asexual people2016aromantic; friendship; identity; intimacy; narrative; passing; psychology; qualitative methods; relationships; romantic; social construct; sociology; split attraction
Kristin S. ScherrerWhat Asexuality Contributes to the Same-Sex Marriage Discussion2010amatonormativity; feminism; gatekeeping; intimacy; LGBTQ; marriage; nonmonogamy; queer; single; trans; whiteness
Evelyn ElgieBeing and Doing: Interrogating Dominant Narratives of Asexual Kinship in an Amatonormative Culture2017amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; colonialism; identity; indigenous; intersectionality; intimacy; kinship; nonmonogamy; nonsexual; online community; queer theory; queerplatonic; romantic; social construct; sociology; split attraction; theory
Maria Bulmer, Keise IzumaImplicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Sex and Romance in Asexuals2017aromantic; asexual; AVEN; community; definitions; intimacy; psychology; quantitative methods; romantic; self-identification; social construct; split attraction
Daniella Cooper, Ela PrzybyloAsexual Resonances: Tracing a Queerly Asexual Archive2014archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; celibacy; history; intimacy; kinship; literature; queer; queer theory; repulsion/aversion; sexusociety; single; theory
Dan CopulskyAsexual Polyamory: Potential Challenges and Benefits2016asexual; celibacy; community; identity; intersectionality; intimacy; jealousy; nonmonogamy; online community
Rebecca Ruth GouldFriends & Lovers2020intimacy; LGBTQ; literature; love; philosophy; poetry; primary source; queerplatonic; romantic
Donna M. Mandigo, Louis F. KavarThe Asexual Male Experience: A Phenomenological Inquiry2022allosexual; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; definitions; friendship; gender; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; masculinity; masturbation; otherness; platonic; psychology; qualitative methods; queerplatonic; relationships; romantic; self-identification; split attraction
Eunjung Kim"A Man, with the Same Feelings": Disability, Humanity, and Heterosexual Apparatus in Breaking the Waves, Born on the Fourth of July, Breathing Lessons, and Oasis2010asexual; dehumanization; disability; disability theory/studies; feminism; gender; intimacy; Korean; masculinity; media; otherness; pathologization; queer
Min Joo LeeIntimacy Beyond Sex: Korean Television Dramas, Nonsexual Masculinities, and Transnational Erotic Desires2020asexual; erotics; fetishization; gender; intersectionality; k-drama; Korean; masculinity; nonsexual; romantic; whiteness
Christina LangIntimacy and Desire Through the Lens of an Aro-Ace Woman of Color2018amatonormativity; anarchy; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; Boston Marriage; coming out; demisexuality; desexualization; feminism; friendship; gender; gold star asexual; identity; intersectionality; intimacy; kinship; media; pathologization; queer theory; race; romantic; sex education; single; theory; TV
Katie LinderQueering the Nuclear Family: Navigating Familial Living as an Asexual (Personal Reflection)2019aromantic; asexual; community; compulsory sexuality; friendship; gray-asexuality; intimacy; LGBTQ; marriage; queerplatonic; romantic; self-identification; sexual violence
Margaret Rose McDowellAgainst Compulsory Sexuality: Asexual Figures of Resistance2022allosexual; archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; Black; Boston Marriage; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; dehumanization; erotics; feminism; gender; intimacy; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; politics; pop culture; queer theory; race; reproductive futurity; sexual liberation; sexusociety; single; TV; world building
Michón Neal5 Ways Amatonormativity Sets Harmful Relationship Norms for Us All2016amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; autism; friendship; intimacy; jealousy; love; nonmonogamy; romantic