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Authors: William G. Tierney
ISBN-13: 9780761906827, ISBN-10: 0761906827
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: January 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: William G. Tierney

Book Synopsis

Scholarly 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Setting the Record "Straight"
Acknowledgments
1A Cartography of Culture3
2Queer Theory as Cultural Politics19
3Dining at the Table of the Norm46
4A World of Five-Second Comments69
5Counterfeiting: The Academic Closet93
6Ashes: A Short Story117
7Queering the Academy: Structure and Change138
8Looking Back, Looking Ahead165
References177
Index181
About the Author185

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