Title: Pedagogies of censorship, injury, and masochism: teacher responses to homophobic speech in physical education
Abstract:I examine how physical education teachers respond to homophobic name‐calling, as revealed in life history interviews with 'lesbian', 'gay', and 'heterosexual' teachers in Canada and the USA. Censoring...I examine how physical education teachers respond to homophobic name‐calling, as revealed in life history interviews with 'lesbian', 'gay', and 'heterosexual' teachers in Canada and the USA. Censoring homophobic name‐calling in schools is discussed as an important, but insufficient, response. Several 'lesbian' and 'gay' teachers responded with pedagogies of injury; that is, they recalled their personal experiences of homophobic language to teach students not to use words such as 'fag', 'dyke', and 'queer'. I examine why some teachers were prepared to risk further personal injury in order to prevent injury to other students. In addition to rational and conscious explanations, I speculate that an unconscious masochistic imperative may also animate this approach to anti‐homophobic education. Ultimately, I ask what is demanded from teachers if this type of anti‐homophobic teaching is animated by what has been called an attachment to subjection.Read More
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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