(Re)Writing One's Self as an Activist across Schools and Sexual and Gender Identities: An Investigation of the Limits of LGBT-Inclusive and Queering Discourses

Autor/in	Blackburn, Mollie V.
Titel	(Re)Writing One's Self as an Activist across Schools and Sexual and Gender Identities: An Investigation of the Limits of LGBT-Inclusive and Queering Discourses
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 10 (2014) 1, S.1-13 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-9035
Schlagwörter	Homosexuality; Sexual Identity; High Schools; Secondary School Teachers; Art Teachers; Activism; Interviews; Social Attitudes; Sexual Orientation; Self Concept; Identification (Psychology); Inquiry; Social Justice; Personal Narratives; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homosexualität; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; High school; Oberschule; Art teacher; Kunsterzieher; Kunsterzieherin; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sexuelle Orientierung; Selbstkonzept; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Erlebniserzählung
Abstract	This study draws on in-depth interviews in which Jared, a queer trans man and high school arts teacher, grappled with what it means to him to be an activist to explore how his conceptualizations of queer activism have been supported and limited by LGBT-inclusive and queering discourses and to consider other discourses that might better represent and facilitate the teacher's activist intentions. Together, Jared and I reflected on three periods of his life. In high school, as a lesbian and then a dyke, Jared wrote himself into the world as an activist in ways that were clearly identifiable and aligned with LGBT-inclusive discourses. In college, as someone who identified as butch dyke, trans butch, or gender queer, Jared wrote himself into the world as an activist in ways that were strongly aligned with queering discourses. Then, as a graduate student and teacher, Jared identified as a queer trans man and his activism was more aligned with humanizing discourses. As such, Jared has written and rewritten himself into the world as an activist in different ways and different contexts, each of which accomplish different but valuable work in the world. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. 315 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-7866; Fax: 706-542-3817; e-mail: jolle@uga.edu; Web site: http://jolle.coe.uga.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10