03123nam 22005533u 450 991077873550332120230421033428.01-4833-2787-61-4522-4907-5(CKB)111000211278274(EBL)997148(OCoLC)809774113(MiAaPQ)EBC997148(EXLCZ)9911100021127827420131216d1997|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Academic Outlaws[electronic resource] Queer Theory and Cultural Studies in the AcademyThousand Oaks SAGE Publications19971 online resource (211 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7619-0683-5 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 TableChapter 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 AuthorScholarly 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.Culture -- Study and teaching (Higher)Gay and lesbian studiesGay cultureGay cultureGay teachersGays -- IdentityQueer theoryCulture -- Study and teaching (Higher).Gay and lesbian studies.Gay culture.Gay culture.Gay teachers.Gays -- Identity.Queer theory.306.766071378.008664Tierney William G1082793AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910778735503321Academic Outlaws3712289UNINA