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Entangling past, present, and future to examine queerness and white privilege in academia.

Authors :
Shelton SA
Source :
Journal of lesbian studies [J Lesbian Stud] 2020; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 348-361. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 18.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Lesbians have limited visibility or representation in educational research, and there has been even less consideration of the ways that lesbians' experiences are racialized. Using a methodological approach that entwines Karen Barad's concept of queer temporalities with Kimberlé Crenshaw's discussion of single-axis intersectionality, this paper uses critical autoethnography to offer narrative examinations of the author's queerness as constantly enmeshed with her Whiteness. The author considers the degrees to which being situated in the socio-politically conservative U.S. South have influenced her experiences as a queer lesbian academic, even as White privilege has, intentionally and unintentionally, shaped her scholarship.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1540-3548
Volume :
24
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of lesbian studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31532349
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2019.1666447