Academic Outlaws: Queer Theory and Cultural Studies in the Academy
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.
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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.
Introduction: Setting the Record "Straight"Acknowledgments1A Cartography of Culture32Queer Theory as Cultural Politics193Dining at the Table of the Norm464A World of Five-Second Comments695Counterfeiting: The Academic Closet936Ashes: A Short Story1177Queering the Academy: Structure and Change1388Looking Back, Looking Ahead165References177Index181About the Author185
