Sexuality in a criminal justice curriculum
A study of student conceptualisations of gay identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12647495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Haye (0000-0002-5756-6051, Queensland University of Technology, corresponding author), Sharon Hayes, Matthew Ball (0000-0002-2326-5752, Queensland University of Technology) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-287 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Australian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1444-3058 • E-ISSN: 1835-6419 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14443050903079672 |
| OpenAlex | W2097412182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Heteronormative discourses provide the most common lens through which sexuality is understood within university curricula. This means that sexuality is discussed in terms of categories of identity, with heterosexuality accorded primacy while all 'others' are indeed 'othered'. This article draws on research carried out by the authors in a core first year university ethics class, in which a fictional text was introduced with the intention of unpacking these discourses. An ethnographic study was undertaken where both students and teachers engaged in discussions over, and personal written reflections on, the textual content. In reporting the results of that study this article uses a post-structural framework to identify how classroom and textual discourses might be used to break down socially constructed categories of sexuality and students' conceptualisations of non-heterosexual behaviour. It was found that engaging in discussion in the context of the fictional text allowed some students to begin to recognise their own heteronormative views and engage in an informed critique of them
Aesthetics · Art · Criminal justice · Criminology · Curriculum · Economic Justice · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |