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Starting with queer : an enigmatic concept for higher education research and practice
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Burford, James and Allen, Louisa (2018) Starting with queer : an enigmatic concept for higher education research and practice. In: Henderson, Emily F. and Nicolazzo, Z., (eds.) Starting with Gender in International Higher Education Research. Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education . New York ; London : Routledge, pp. 126-143. ISBN 9781138294776
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315100906-8
Abstract
This chapter explores some of the challenging questions that higher education researchers encounter as they ‘start with queer.’ We begin by tracing the origins and development of the term queer. We then identify three possible ways of using queer in research—as an identity, a practice, and a form of politics—and explore the methodological implications for each of these forms of use. While higher education researchers have been slower to embrace queer concepts, in this chapter we explore the existing work in the field. We find that most higher education studies use queer in identity-based ways, rather than taking an anti-identitarian stance. To give these conversations some empirical flesh, we foreground the results of an empirical study called “Uneasy Feelings” conducted by the authors. This work drew on conceptual resources associated with queer theorists to interrogate normative accounts of emotion and politics within doctoral education research. In sharing this case, we examine how queer can be used as a resource for questioning meanings that have come to be regarded as ‘straightforward’ and ‘commonsense.’ Ultimately, through this chapter we position queer as an enigmatic and mutating concept that has rich potential for usage in higher education research.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||
Series Name: | Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
Place of Publication: | New York ; London | ||||
ISBN: | 9781138294776 | ||||
Book Title: | Starting with Gender in International Higher Education Research | ||||
Editor: | Henderson, Emily F. and Nicolazzo, Z. | ||||
Official Date: | 3 December 2018 | ||||
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Page Range: | pp. 126-143 | ||||
DOI: | 10.4324/9781315100906-8 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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