Queering the Introduction to Sociology Course

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ID11064624
AuthorsAlison Better (Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY, USA, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue3
Pages291-298
Publication date2021-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTeaching Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0092055x211022473
OpenAlexW3184536831
LanguageEN
References cited21

Introduction to Sociology is a widely enrolled course that gives students both an overview of the field of sociology and tools to view and analyze the social worlds we live in. This course provides students new ways to see and understand themselves and the world around them. This teaching note describes ways to queer the Introduction to Sociology classroom, pedagogy, and canon by intentionally recasting and reexamining dominant messages on sexuality, sex, and gender. The act of deliberately queering the introductory course reframes and resituates knowledges, making space for and centering minoritized voices in the field of study and the classroom. This moves queer experiences from the margins to the center of the conversation and refocuses the study of sociology to better serve all students while also rethinking gender, sexuality, and power in the discipline itself

Conversation · Field (mathematics · Human sexuality · Media studies · Pedagogy · Power (physics · Queer · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Space (punctuation) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Sports, Gender, and Society

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