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Direct linkAbes, Elisa S. – Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Constructivism and intersectionality are used to explore one lesbian college student's multiple identities. These frameworks reveal how meaning-making contributes to power's influence on identity, while power shapes meaning-making. For this student, lesbian identity is a product of social class, dominant and subordinate norms, and interactions…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Class, Constructivism (Learning), Self Concept
