A social constructionist approach to resilience for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and/or questioning academics and students in South African universities

Transformation in Higher Education

 
 
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Title A social constructionist approach to resilience for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and/or questioning academics and students in South African universities
 
Creator Rothmann, Jacques
 
Subject Lesbian and gay studies; Sociology; Queer Theory Homosexuality; social constructionism; social resilience.
Description This article provides a theoretical contemplation on how reciprocation of an assimilationist, liberationist and/or transgressive approach by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and/or questioning (LGBTIQ+) individuals on university campuses may encourage transformation initiatives in South African universities. The author ascribe to the contributions of previous research studies on a social constructionist approach to resilience to debate how individuals potentially navigate the disparity between sexual structure and agency within their ideological and physical construction and enactment of their academic and student persona. A theoretical basis is provided for the influence of social resilience to emphasise the localised, intersectional and plural experiences of LGBTIQ+ individuals as opposed to a monolithic and universal ‘either/or’ account of their being solely docile victims or free agents in a heteronormative context.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
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Date 2018-01-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Social constructionism
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/the.v3i0.34
 
Source Transformation in Higher Education; Vol 3 (2018); 8 pages 2519-5638 2415-0991
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Jacques Rothmann https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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