Associació Catalana d'Asexuals
Recursos

Recursos

En aquesta secció hem preparat un recull de webs, llibres, pel·lícules, sèries, podcasts, i assajos que parlen de l’asexualitat o que inclouen personatges asexuals. És una selecció que no pretén ser exhaustiva, sinó simplement un punt de partida per continuar explorant aquells temes que més us interessin. Si vols accedir a algun dels texts inclosos a la llista, però no el trobes enlloc, pots contactar-nos i intentarem ajudar-te a trobar-lo!

Pàgines web i blogs

Blogs i revistes

Webs d’activisme asexual

Bases de dades i arxius

Selecció d’articles de blog

Identitat i etiquetes

Història de la comunitat asexual

Asexualitat i gènere

Asexualitat i antiracisme

Asexualitat i anticapacitisme

Asexualitat i kink

Consentiment i violència sexual

Asexualitat a l’acadèmia

Llibres

No ficció

Assajos

  • Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, Angela Chen
  • Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture, Sherronda J. Brown
  • The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality, Julie Sondra Decker
  • La revolución (a)sexual, Celia Gutiérrez

Consells i experiències personals

  • Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace, Eris Young
  • I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life, Cody Daigle-Orians
  • Ace Notes: Tips and Tricks on Existing in an Allo World, Michele Kirichanskaya
  • Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity, The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project
  • Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else, Kayla Kaszyca i Sarah Costello
  • Ace & Proud: An Asexual Anthology, A.K. Andrews (editor)
  • Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism, Samantha Rendle

Ficció

  • Loveless, d’Alice Oseman (traducció disponible)
  • Let’s talk about love, de Claire Kann (traducció disponible)
  • The Romantic Agenda, de Claire Kann
  • The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, Mackenzi Lee (traducció disponible)
  • Rick, d’Alex Gino (novel·la infantil)
  • Elatsoe, de Darcie Little Badger (traducció disponible)

Pel·lícules, sèries i podcasts

Pel·lícules

  • Slow (2023)
  • I Am What I Am (2022)
  • Girl Picture (2022)
  • Selah and the Spades (2019)

Sèries

  • Koisenu Futari (2022)
  • She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat (2022)
  • The Imperfects (2022)
  • Heartstopper (2022) (a partir de la segona temporada)
  • Heartbreak High (2022) (segona temporada)
  • Run On (2020)
  • Sex Education (2019) (quarta temporada)
  • Bojack Horseman (2014) (a partir de la tercera temporada)

Podcasts

  • Lobby Ace (castellà)
  • Monólogos de una asexual (castellà)
  • Sounds Fake but Okay (anglès)
  • A-okay (anglès)
  • ACE AROund the Cake (alemany)

Bibliografia acadèmica

Selecció d’assajos teòrics

Articles introductorisPrzybylo, E. (2019). Asexuality. En Global Encyclopedia of LGBTQ History (p. 134-142). ‎ Charles Scribner & Sons.Przybylo, E. (2022). Asexuality and Compulsory Sexuality. En The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education (p. 1-10). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95352-2_1-1Przybylo, E. (2022). Unthinking Compulsory Sexuality, Introducing Asexuality. En N. L. Fischer, L. Westbrook, & S. Seidman (Ed.), Introducing the New Sexuality Studies (3rd ed., p. 36-46). Routledge.
Conceptualitzant l’asexualitatCanning, Dominique A. (2015). Queering Asexuality: Asexual-Inclusion in Queer Spaces. McNair Scholars Research Journal, 8(6), 55-74. https://commons.emich.edu/mcnair/vol8/iss1/6 Catri, F. (2021). Defining Asexuality as a Sexual Identity: Lack/Little Sexual Attraction, Desire, Interest and Fantasies. Sexuality & Culture, 25, 1529-1539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09833-wChasin, C. J. D. (2019). Asexuality and the Re/Construction of Sexual Orientation. En B. L. Simula, J. E. Sumerau, & A. Miller (Ed.), Expanding the Rainbow: Exploring the Relatinships of Bi+, Polyamorous, Kinky, Ace, Intersex and Trans People (Vol. 12, p. 209-219). Brill Sense.Hinderliter, A. (2009). Reflections on Defining Asexuality. Asexual Explorations. https://www.asexualexplorations.net/home/reflections.htmlHinderliter, A. (2016). The Evolution of Online Asexual Discourse [University of Illinois]. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1912733680?accountid=14542
Qüestionant la sexualitat obligatòriaBlanco, I., & Tello, S. (2021). Asexualidad: Un cuestionamiento extremo del deseo. En (H)amor 2.Cerankowski, K. J., & Milks, M. (2010). New Orientations: Asexuality and Its Implications for Theory and Practice. Feminist Studies, 36(3), 650-664.Chasin, C. J. D. (2013). Reconsidering Asexuality and Its Radical Potential. Feminist Studies, 39(2), 405-426. https://doi.org/10.1353/fem.2013.0054Gupta, K. (2015). Compulsory Sexuality: Evaluating an Emerging Concept. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 41(1), 131-154. https://doi.org/10.1086/681774Przybylo, E. (2011). Crisis and safety: The asexual in sexusociety. Sexualities, 14(4), 444-461. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460711406461Przybylo, E. (2016). Asexuals Against the Cis-tem! (Commentary on KJ Cerankowski and M. Milks’ Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives). TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, 3(3-4), 653-660. https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-3545347Snaza, N. (2020). Asexuality and Erotic Biopolitics. Feminist Formations, 32(3), 121-144. https://doi.org/10.1353/ff.2020.0043
Despatologitzant l’asexualitatChasin, C. J. D. (2017). Considering Asexuality as a Sexual Orientation and Implications for Acquired Female Sexual Arousal/Interest Disorder. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 631-635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0893-1Flore, J. (2013). HSDD and asexuality: A question of instruments. Psychology and Sexuality, 4(2), 152-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2013.774163Gressgård, R. (2013). Asexuality: From pathology to identity and beyond. Psychology & Sexuality, 4(2), 179-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2013.774166Hinderliter, A. (2013). How is asexuality different from hypoactive sexual desire disorder? Psychology and Sexuality, 4(2), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2013.774165Margolin, L. (2023). Why is absent/low sexual desire a mental disorder (except when patients identify as asexual)? Psychology & Sexuality, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2023.2193575Thomas, E. J., & Gurevich, M. (2021). Difference or dysfunction?: Deconstructing desire in the DSM-5 diagnosis of Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder. Feminism & Psychology, 31(1), 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353521989536
Representacions culturals de l’asexualitatCarter, E. (2020). Asexual Romance in an Allosexual World: How Ace-Spectrum Characters (and Authors) Create Space for Romantic Love. Journal of Popular Romance Studies. Disponible a: https://www.jprstudies.org/2020/08/asexual-romance-in-an-allosexual-world-how-ace-spectrum-characters-and-authors-create-space-for-romantic-love/ George, L.-M., & Lu, L. (2024). “A Hundred Different Ways of Being in Love”: Emma, Queer Austen, and Asexuality Studies. University of Toronto Press, 36(1), 149-158. https://doi.org/10.3138/ecf.36.1.149 Kennon, P. (2021). Asexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity. International Journal of Young Adult Literature, 2(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.24877/IJYAL.41 Miller, N.E. (2017). Asexuality and Its Discontents: Making the ‘Invisible Orientation’ Visible in Comics. Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, 1, 354 – 376.
AltresCanning, Dominique A. (2015). Queering Asexuality: Asexual-Inclusion in Queer Spaces. McNair Scholars Research Journal, 8(6), 55-74..Chasin, C. J. D. (2011). Theoretical issues in the study of asexuality. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(4), 713-723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9757-xChasin, C. J. D. (2015). Making Sense in and of the Asexual Community: Navigating Relationships and Identities in a Context of Resistance. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 25(2), 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2203Colborne, A. (2018).  Chasing Aces: Asexuality, Misinformation and the Challenges of Identity. Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 14, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.5931/djim.v14i0.6926 Kim, E. (2014). Asexualities and disabilities in constructing sexual normalcy. En K. J. Cerankowski & M. Milks (Ed.), Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (p. 249-282). Routledge.Owen, I. H. (2018). Still, Nothing: Mammy and Black Asexual Possibility. Feminist Review, 120(1), 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41305-018-0140-9 Przybylo, E. (2011). Asexuality and the Feminist Politics of ‘Not Doing It’. University of Alberta.Przybylo, E. i Cooper, D. (2014). Asexual Resonances: Tracing a Queerly Asexual Archive. GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 20(3), 297-318. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-2422683

Selecció d’estudis qualitatius

Experiències de vidaCarrigan, M. (2011). There’s more to life than sex? Difference and commonality within the asexual community. Sexualities, 14(4), 462-478. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460711406462Gupta, K. (2017). “And Now I’m Just Different, but There’s Nothing Actually Wrong With Me”: Asexual Marginalization and Resistance. Journal of Homosexuality, 64(8), 991-1013. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2016.1236590Kelleher, S., & Murphy, M. (2022). Asexual identity development and internalisation: A thematic analysis. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2022.2091127MacNeela P, Murphy A. (2015). Freedom, invisibility, and community: a qualitative study of self-identification with asexuality.  Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(3), 799-812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0458-0 Scherrer, K. S. (2008). Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire. Sexualities, 11(5), 621-641. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460708094269Van Houdenhove, E., Gijs, L., T’Sjoen, G., & Enzlin, P. (2015). Stories About Asexuality: A Qualitative Study on Asexual Women. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 41(3), 262-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2014.889053
Perspectives interseccionalsCuthbert, K. (2017). You Have to be Normal to be Abnormal: An Empirically Grounded Exploration of the Intersection of Asexuality and Disability. Sociology, 51(2), 241-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038515587639 Cuthbert, K. (2019). «When We Talk about Gender We Talk about Sex»: (A)sexuality and (A)gendered Subjectivities. Gender & Society, 33(6), 841-864. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891243219867916Cuthbert, K. (2022). Asexuality and epistemic injustice: A gendered perspective. Journal of Gender Studies, 31(7), 840-851. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2021.1966399Foster, A. B., Eklund, A., Brewster, M. E., Walker, A. D., & Candon, E. (2019). Personal agency disavowed: Identity construction in asexual women of color. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6(2), 127–137. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000310Gupta, K. (2019). Gendering asexuality and asexualizing gender: A qualitative study exploring the intersections between gender and asexuality. Sexualities, 22(7-8), 1197-1216. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460718790890Sloan, L. (2015). Ace of (BDSM) clubs: Building asexual relationships through BDSM practice. Sexualities, 18(5-6), 548–563. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460714550907 Tessler, H., & Winer, C. (2023). Sexuality, romantic orientation, and masculinity: Men as underrepresented in asexual and aromantic communities. Sociology Compass, 17(11), e13141. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13141

Selecció d’estudis quantitatius

Antonsen AN, Zdaniuk B, Yule M, Brotto LA. (2020). Ace and Aro: Understanding Differences in Romantic Attractions Among Persons Identifying as Asexual. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49(5), 1615-1630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01600-1 Bush, H.H., Williams, L.W. & Mendes, E. (2021). Brief Report: Asexuality and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, 725–733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04565-6 Hille, J. J., Simmons, M. K., & Sanders, S. A. (2020). “Sex” and the Ace Spectrum: Definitions of Sex, Behavioral Histories, and Future Interest for Individuals Who Identify as Asexual, Graysexual, or Demisexual. The Journal of Sex Research, 57(7), 813-823. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2019.1689378McInroy, L. B., Beaujolais, B., Craig, S. L., & Eaton, A. D. (2021). The Self-Identification, LGBTQ+ Identity Development, and Attraction and Behavior of Asexual Youth: Potential Implications for Sexual Health and Internet-Based Service Provision. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(8), 3853-3863. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02064-ySimon, K. A., Hawthorne, H. M., Clark, A. N., Renley, B. M., Farr, R. H., Eaton, L. A., & Watson, R. J. (2022). Contextualizing the Well-being of Asexual Youth: Evidence of Differences in Family, Health, and School Outcomes. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(1), 128-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01500-5Yule, M. A., Brotto, L. A., & Gorzalka, B. B. (2015). A validated measure of no sexual attraction: The Asexuality Identification Scale. Psychological Assessment, 27(1), 148-160. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038196

Selecció de revisions bibliogràfiques

Guz, S., Hecht, H. K., Kattari, S. K., Gross, E. B., & Ross, E. (2022). A Scoping Review of Empirical Asexuality Research in Social Science Literature. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(4), 2135-2145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02307-6Hille, J. J. (2023). Beyond sex: A review of recent literature on asexuality. Current Opinion in Psychology, 49(101516), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101516

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