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ERIC Number: EJ1258330
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0159-6306
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Reconceptualising Homophobia: By Leaving 'Those Kids' Alone
Allen, Louisa
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v41 n3 p441-453 2020
'How can we apprehend homophobia "as more" than we currently know?' This paper attempts a conceptual intervention to rethink current approaches to homophobia in schools. It draws on ideas from feminist philosopher Todd around attention and openness to uncertainty. It also employs queer theoretical notions of subjectless antihomophobia education from Airton, arguing there may be utility in understanding that homophobia is not held by a subject -- as an attitude or set of meanings used against others. Interview narratives from a two-year research project exploring the production of sexual meanings at school offer a window into acknowledging homophobia as subjectless. That is, homophobia does not need a queer-identified subject to be its target to operate. Nor, does homophobia need an ignorant or fearful (human) subject to perpetuate it. Subjectless anti-homophobia education requires understanding homophobia as something in which all of us are implicated, and where homophobia is never ours alone.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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