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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ776549
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-May
Pages: 16
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Texts of Our Institutional Lives: From Transaction to Transformation: (En)Countering White Heteronormativity in "Safe Spaces"
Fox, Catherine
College English, v69 n5 p496-511 May 2007
On various campuses, including the author's, "safe space" stickers are used to designate offices supposedly free of homophobia. The author critiques this practice, pointing out that it still privileges the white heterosexual subject while also obscuring connections between sexuality, gender, and race. (Contains 10 notes.)
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Critical Theory, School Culture, Work Environment, Extraversion Introversion, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Agenda Setting, Social Attitudes, Personal Space, Whites, Labeling (of Persons)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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