Lesbians in Academia: Degrees of Freedom
How can being closeted or out affect the personal and professional life of a lesbian in academia? This volume, a collection of over thirty personal narratives, explores what it's like to be a lesbian working in a college or university setting. Along with the stories are in-depth analyses of the narratives by other academics. Issues such as race, class and age and how these factors distinguish each individual's "place" in the academy are examined.\ \ The contributors have written from a wide...
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How can being closeted or out affect the personal and professional life of a lesbian in academia? This volume, a collection of over thirty personal narratives, explores what it's like to be a lesbian working in a college or university setting. Along with the stories are in-depth analyses of the narratives by other academics. Issues such as race, class and age and how these factors distinguish each individual's "place" in the academy are examined. The contributors have written from a wide range of experiences—different degrees of outness, various academic disciplines, many geographic locations, and several types of academic settings. Library Journal This work follows a popular publishing trend: giving professional lesbians and gay men space to tell their stories about how sexual orientation and the workplace intersect. Mintz and Rothblum's book gives voice to a vibrant, fascinating faculty of various ages, races, and backgrounds who are all lesbian. These women share their compelling stories, bringing to light experiences ranging from the very closeted to those who have been "out" in their jobs since their interviews. Unlike similar books, which tend simply to present the stories at face value, these editors sought out scholars from several disciplines including literature and queer theory to analyze the narratives. Recommended for academic libraries, as well as for large lesbian and gay collections in public libraries.Jerilyn Veldof, Univ. of Arizona Lib., Tucson
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Reflections on Being an out Black Lesbian on a Southern Campus152In, Out, or Somewhere-In-Between233Coming Out and Coming In: A Kind of Homecoming314The Silent Partner Finds Her Voice375Out in the Heartland: Lesbians, Academics, and Iowa436Living Outside the Center517Out in the Maine Woods578Out in Academic Psychiatry639Becoming a Lesbian in Academia6910Out on a Small Southern Campus7411The Making of a Lesbian Academic, 1974-19958112Is "Out" Now "In"? A Letter to a First-Year Lesbian Professor8913Double Vision: Lesbian Twins in Academia9514Way Out at Saint Michael's College10015Is it Homophobia, Heterosexism, Sexism, or Can I Pass?10616Creating My Own Security11317Being Out in Academia: A Year of My Life in Enid, America12018Transforming "The Master's Tools": Teaching and Studying Philosophy in Graduate School12619Of African Descent: A Three-fers Story13420This Is the Place14121Skirmishes in the Borderlands of Identity: Lesbians in Women's Studies14722Stray Sheep or Shepherd? "Out" in the Florida Classroom15523Lesbians in Utah: Behind the Zion Curtain16024Beyond Silence: Life as Academics and a Lesbian Couple16525The Perils and Pleasures of Being an Out Lesbian Academic; or Speech from the Scaffold17126Reading, Writing, and Talking to People18027Subversive Education18728Consenting to Relations: The Personal Pleasures of "Power Disparity" in Lesbian Student-Teacher Partnerships19229My, How Times Have Changed... Or Have They?: A Quarter Century as a Lesbian Academic19930Degrees of Freedom20331The Lesbian Experience: An Analysis21032Lesbians, Class, and Academia: Some Thoughts about Class-Based Identity and Difference22133Women of Color, Sexuality, and the Academy: A Few Thoughts23434Steppin' Into and Out of Academia24335Older Women in Academia25036Queer Theory: The Monster That is Destroying Lesbianville26137The Queer Disappearance of Lesbians269Contributors279Index289
\ Library JournalThis work follows a popular publishing trend: giving professional lesbians and gay men space to tell their stories about how sexual orientation and the workplace intersect. Mintz and Rothblum's book gives voice to a vibrant, fascinating faculty of various ages, races, and backgrounds who are all lesbian. These women share their compelling stories, bringing to light experiences ranging from the very closeted to those who have been "out" in their jobs since their interviews. Unlike similar books, which tend simply to present the stories at face value, these editors sought out scholars from several disciplines including literature and queer theory to analyze the narratives. Recommended for academic libraries, as well as for large lesbian and gay collections in public libraries.Jerilyn Veldof, Univ. of Arizona Lib., Tucson\ \
