TellingTruths

Wounded Truths and the Activity of Truth Telling

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ID2925221
AuthorsValerie Harwood (0000-0002-6359-1384, University of Wollongong, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume25
Issue4
Pages467-476
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0159630042000290964
OpenAlexW2066850321
LanguageEN
Citations received10

It appears that being young and queer seems to be all about woundedness: it means experiencing suffering, including the risk of suicide, increased drug use, homelessness and violence. Yet how are these wounded truths told, and further, why is it that people in education seem to tell them "unproblematically"? This paper considers these questions by analysing wounded truth telling in the recent debate over the Western Australia Lesbian and Gay Law Reform Bill. Using Foucault's (2001) discussion of Greek parrhesia (truth telling), the Western Australian debate is analysed in terms of its problematisation of wounded truth telling. Questions are raised regarding the implications of unproblematised educational practices that engage in the telling of wounded truths

Psychoanalysis · Queer · Sociology · Truth telling · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology

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