03108nam 2200529Ia 450 991082598350332120200520144314.01-4833-2787-61-4522-4907-5(CKB)111000211278274(EBL)997148(OCoLC)809774113(MiAaPQ)EBC997148(EXLCZ)9911100021127827419961004d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAcademic outlaws queer theory and cultural studies in the academy /William G. Tierney1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publicationsc19971 online resource (211 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7619-0683-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180) and index.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.Gay and lesbian studiesCultureStudy and teaching (Higher)Gay teachersGaysIdentityGay and lesbian studies.CultureStudy and teaching (Higher)Gay teachers.GaysIdentity.306.76/6/071Tierney William G1082793MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825983503321Academic Outlaws3983868UNINA