Mobility and Privilege within Queer Studies and University

Considers how classist divisions present in queer studies may well be exacerbated by the institutionalization of queer studies at the university level, focusing on the class privilege that attends both queer theory's & the university's deployment of travel metaphors. In both cases, the...

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Published inInternational journal of sexuality and gender studies Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 59 - 69
Main Author Breen, Margaret Soenser
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2000
Subjects
Academic Disciplines
Educational Administration
Institutionalization (Social)
Metaphors
Privilege
Social Class
Social Mobility
Social Reproduction
Social Theories
Travel
Universities
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Summary:Considers how classist divisions present in queer studies may well be exacerbated by the institutionalization of queer studies at the university level, focusing on the class privilege that attends both queer theory's & the university's deployment of travel metaphors. In both cases, the language of travel is the potentially empowering language of intellectual agility & social mobility. Importantly, though, both queer theorists' & university administrators' employment of travel metaphors often serves to reaffirm cultural hegemony, specifically, to sustain, rather than examine & combat, social oppression. This sad irony is particularly apparent when one compares university representations of commuter & residential students. Thus, the question that faces universities is how to keep queer studies critically queer so that universities can recognize & address the various forms or models of social mobility that are present on their campuses, commuter as well as residential. 24 References. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:1566-1768