ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |190 pages
Personal Narratives
chapter 18|8 pages
Transforming “The Master's Tools”
chapter 28|7 pages
Consenting to Relations
chapter 29|4 pages
My, How Times Have Changed … Or Have They?
part |18 pages
The Lesbian Experience
part |39 pages
Race, Class, Age
chapter 32|11 pages
Lesbians, Class, and Academia
part |18 pages
Lesbian Studies, Queer Studies