Henderson, Emily F. and Burford, James (2019) Queering “the idea of the university”: two queer conceptualizations of discursive deployment in higher education literature. Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, 8 (2). 2. doi:10.31274/jctp.8201

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Abstract

‘The idea of the university’ is an expression which is frequently employed in discussions of what the university is, was, or could and should be. This article presents an exploration of the expression ‘the idea of the university’ reconceptualized as a queer signifier. Building on existing literature that works against the assumption that queer studies would always concentrate on people who identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer), the article takes as its object of study the expression ‘the idea of the university’. Firstly, ‘the idea of the university’ is discussed in relation to the queering potential of figurative language, in particular metaphors. In the formulation ‘the idea of the university’, ‘university’ is placed in subjugation to ‘idea’, which opens up what could be termed queer slippage in the signification process. Secondly, the article uses the political resignification of ‘queer’ as a springboard to address the citation practices that lead to the resignification of the expression ‘the idea of the university’. Thus, the article presents these two interlinked queer theorizations of the discursive use of ‘the idea of the university’ in higher education literature.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Queer theory, Education, Higher, Metaphor
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis
Publisher:	Iowa State University Digital Press
ISSN:	2325-1204
Official Date:	9 October 2019
Dates:	Date Event 9 October 2019 Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit:	29 October 2019
Volume:	8
Number:	2
Article Number:	2
DOI:	10.31274/jctp.8201
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Copyright Holders:	© 2019 Emily F. Henderson and James Burford
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