Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Homosexuality

Abstract

In this article, we use personal narrative to explore allies and alliance building between marginalized people working in and through higher education, with an eye toward interrogating the ways in which ideologies of neoliberalism work to maintain hierarchy through the legitimation of othering. Inspired by Conquergood (1985), who calls scholars to engage in intimate conversation rather than distanced observation, we offer our embodied experiences as a way to use the personal to reflect on the cultural, social, and political. Our narratives often recount being out of place, moments of incongruence, or our marked otherness. Through the sharing of these narratives, we will demonstrate the possibility for ally building based in affective connections forged through shared queer consciousness, paying particular attention to the ways in which neoliberal ideologies, such as individualism and postracism, may advance and impede such alliances.

Pages

957-81

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2012.699835

Volume

59

Issue

7

Publication Date

2012

Keywords

alliance building, feminist theory, intersectional reflexivity, neoliberalism, personal narrative, queer pedagogy

Disciplines

Sociology

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Homosexuality in 2012, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2012.699835.

ISSN

0091-8369

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