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Publication Date: 1996
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Conforming and Contesting with (a) Difference: How Lesbian Students and Teachers Manage Their Identities.
Clarke, Gill
International Studies in Sociology of Education, v6 n2 p191-209 1996
Explores the multiplicity of ways in which lesbian physical education students and teachers construct and manage their respective identities within higher education and the schooling system in England. Analyzes in-depth interviews and questionnaires to reveal how many are forced to comply with dominant discourses of hegemonic heterosexuality. (MJP)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Educational Environment, Educational Sociology, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Lesbianism, Physical Education, Politics of Education, Role Conflict, Self Concept, Sex Role, Sexuality, Social Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Conditions
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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