The chapter discusses the positive public role of gay and queer masculinities in their intersection with other identity configurations (class, race, and able-bodiedness). It presents an overview of the main perspectives on social construction and representation of homosexual masculinities within educational and academic settings using critical masculinities theory. While challenging homonormativity in research and education representations of the “rational man” and “macho ethics” of male researchers who “discover,” “conquer” investigate “systematically,” or “rigorously” are analyzed. Criticizing the play of inexpressiveness and emotionlessness objectivity as criterion of academic writing, research, and teaching is put into question. Emotions are considered as valuable analytical tool which allow us to understand how social factors are deployed. This chapter shows how reflexive awareness of the power structures within the field of research and education helps to avoid the universalization of identity categories and the use of preconceived ideas.

The queer researcher : Challenging homonormativity in research and educational settings / M. Bacio, C. Rinaldi - In: Feminist Perspectives on Teaching Masculinities : Learning Beyond Stereotypes / [a cura di] S. Magaraggia, G. Mauerer, M. Schmidbaur. - Prima edizione. - London : Routledge, 2019. - ISBN 9780429201769. - pp. 29-43

The queer researcher : Challenging homonormativity in research and educational settings

M. Bacio
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2019

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The chapter discusses the positive public role of gay and queer masculinities in their intersection with other identity configurations (class, race, and able-bodiedness). It presents an overview of the main perspectives on social construction and representation of homosexual masculinities within educational and academic settings using critical masculinities theory. While challenging homonormativity in research and education representations of the “rational man” and “macho ethics” of male researchers who “discover,” “conquer” investigate “systematically,” or “rigorously” are analyzed. Criticizing the play of inexpressiveness and emotionlessness objectivity as criterion of academic writing, research, and teaching is put into question. Emotions are considered as valuable analytical tool which allow us to understand how social factors are deployed. This chapter shows how reflexive awareness of the power structures within the field of research and education helps to avoid the universalization of identity categories and the use of preconceived ideas.
homonormativities; queer methods; auto-ethnography; critical masculinities
Settore SPS/08 - Sociologia dei Processi Culturali e Comunicativi
2019
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