{"id":2919,"date":"2017-04-12T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2017-04-11T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:41:23","slug":"lgbtqia-scholarship-roundup-for-april-12-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2919","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA Scholarship Roundup for April 12, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Emilia Marcyk<\/em><\/p>\n

Current scholarship and academic news addressing LGBTQIA identities and concerns, of interest to librarians, educators, and information professionals.<\/p>\n

Publications<\/h2>\n

Byron, Reginald A., et al. “Performativity Double Standards and the Sexual Orientation Climate at a Southern Liberal Arts University.” Journal of Homosexuality<\/em>, vol. 64, iss. 5, 2017, pp. 671-96. URL: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/00918369.2016.1196994<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Examining the perceptions of heterosexual, bisexual and gay students at a Christian-affiliated university, the authors found that straight students have a more positive impression of the climate of acceptance than do bisexual and gay students. Discusses factors that might contribute to discomfort and microaggressions.<\/p>\n

Dessel, Adrienne B., et al. “The Importance of Teacher Support: Differential Impacts by Gender and Sexuality.” Journal of Adolescence<\/em>, vol. 56, April 2017, pp.136-44. URL: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.adolescence.2017.02.002<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This study links the kinds of behavior modeled by teachers (using inclusive language, for example) to greater self-esteem among LGBTQ high school students.<\/p>\n

Kuecker, Elliott. “Recruiting and Retaining Lgbtq-Identified Staff in Academic Libraries through Ordinary Methods.” In the Library with the Lead Pipe<\/em>, 2017, n.p. URL: http:\/\/www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org\/2017\/recruiting-and-retaining-lgbtq-identified-staff-in-academic-libraries-through-ordinary-methods\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Offers practical suggestions for recruiting and retaining LGBTQ identified library professionals, including issues of workplace happiness, support and interpersonal communication. Also includes a critique of current library literature around issues of “feminization” of library professions.<\/p>\n

Mackenzie, Lars Z. “The Afterlife of Data: Identity, Surveillance, and Capitalism in Trans Credit Reporting.” Transgender Studies Quarterl<\/em>y, vol. 4, iss. 1, 2017, pp. 45-60. URL: http:\/\/tsq.dukejournals.org\/content\/4\/1\/45.full<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The article is both an examination of what happens in the credit reporting process when a trans person changes names, and a critique of big data and neoliberal capitalism.<\/p>\n

Shamsavari, Sina. “Gay Ghetto Comics and the Alternative Gay Comics of Robert Kirby.” Queer Studies in Media & Pop Culture<\/em>, vol. 2, iss. 1, 2017, pp. 95- 117.? URL: <\/strong>http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1386\/qsmpc.2.1.95_1<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

A discussion of the “gay ghetto” subgenre of comics, as well as comics written in response to those generic conventions. Focusing particularly on Robert Kirby and the work “Private Club.”<\/p>\n

Call for Papers or Reviews<\/h2>\n

The journal Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture<\/em> is looking for articles on all aspects of queerness in the media:<\/p>\n

[The journal] aims to publish cutting-edge, peer-reviewed scholarship on noteworthy topics at the intersection of media\/popular culture and queerness in gender\/sexuality. Its contents are international in scope and represent a wide variety of disciplines, with a particular emphasis on perspectives and approaches from the humanities, social sciences, and the arts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The journal is also looking for media reviews:<\/p>\n

Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture <\/i>seeks reviews of recent books, films, television series, musical recordings, theatrical performances, art exhibitions and other media that make a queer contribution to media and popular culture and\/or to academic scholarship on media and popular culture.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Information about both of these opportunities is available on the journal publisher’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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