Academic outlaws : queer theory and cultural studies in the academy / William G. Tierney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tierney, William G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay and lesbian studies.

Culture--Study and teaching (Higher).

Culture.

Gay teachers.

Gay people--Identity.

Gay people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1997.

Summary:

Scholarly yet provocatively written, Academic Outlaws presents a discussion of how life in the academic world is experienced by gay men and lesbian women. Using a narrative style that mixes autobiography, case study data and fiction, William G Tierney provides timely insight into the challenges gays and lesbians face in higher education and proposes an alternative process for redefining long-established cultural norms.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction: Setting the Record ""Straight""; Queer Theory and Cultural Studies; Acknowledgments; Part I - Theoretical Intersections of Cultural Studies and Queer Theory; Chapter 1 - A Cartography of Culture; Personals; Chapter 2 - Queer Theory as Cultural Politics; Framing Gay Men; Cultural Politics; Academic Outlaws: The Advent of Queer Studies; Cultural Politics, Queer Studies, and Difference; Chapter 3 - Dining at the Table of the Norm; Tricks and Treats; Assimilationism and Invitations; Table Manners; The Social Geography of Sexual Orientation; Thanksgiving at Our Table

Chapter 4 - A World of Five-Second CommentsFive Seconds of Bigotry; Dueling Oppression; Similarities; Differences; Coalitions; Part II - Academic Portraits and Strategies for Change; Chapter 5 - Counterfeiting: The Academic Closet; the Current Context; Chapter 6 - Ashes: A Short Story; Chapter 7 - Queering the Academy: Structure and Change; Phone Calls and Testimonies; An Academic Contract; Strategies for Action; Chapter 8 - Looking Back, Looking Ahead; What Gay Men do in the Dark; Cultural Identity and Power; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483327877

1483327876

9781452249070

1452249075

OCLC:

809774113