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Coming out in College Robert Rhoads

Coming out in College By Robert Rhoads

Coming out in College by Robert Rhoads


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The focus is twofold: the experiences individuals face in coming to terms with their sexual identity and the process of developing a group identity. A primary focus of this book revolves around the notion of queer identity and how students engage as cultural workers seeking both campus and societal change.

Coming out in College Summary

Coming out in College: The Struggle for a Queer Identity by Robert Rhoads

Coming out is the process of acknowledging same-sex attractions to oneself and to others. It is both a personal and a public process. For many gay and bisexual students, college marks a pivotal point where for the first time they feel free to explore their same-sex attractions. This book is about the struggles students face in coming out. The focus is twofold: the experiences individuals face in coming to terms with their sexual identity and the process of developing a group identity. The development of a group identity involves a degree of political investment. For some students, becoming political means adopting a queer persona. As one student noted, Queer is kind of an `in your face' attitude toward heterosexism and homophobia. A primary focus of this book revolves around the notion of queer identity and how students engage as cultural workers seeking both campus and societal change.

About Robert Rhoads

ROBERT A. RHOADS is a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University. Previously, he was a student affairs administrator at the State University of New York College at Potsdam. He is the author, with William G. Tierney, of Cultural Leadership in Higher Education and Enhancing Promotion, Tenure, and Beyond: Faculty Socialization as a Cultural Process.

Table of Contents

Preface Key Characters Constructing Cultural Borders The Struggle for Identity Critical Postmodernism The Study Individuals within the Borders The Closet and a Negative Existence Coming Out in College Cultural Borders and the Group Cultural Workers and the Politics of Silencing Culture/Subculture Redefining Cultural Borders Identity and Socialization Toward Communities of Difference References Index

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NLS9780897894210
9780897894210
0897894219
Coming out in College: The Struggle for a Queer Identity by Robert Rhoads
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1994-10-30
208
N/A
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