Queer theory, intersectionality, and LGBT-parent families: Transformative critical pedagogy in family theory
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2016-03-02
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Few-Demo, April L.
Humble, Áine M.
Curran, Melissa A.
Lloyd, Sally A.
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Abstract
We discuss how to move the family studies field and the teaching of family theories from covering the “facts” that LGBT‐parent families exist to a critical conversation that incorporates conceptual tools, language, and theoretical insights from queer and intersectionality theories. We attempt to move this conversation by presenting a model of curricular change for teaching family studies theories courses that shifts from LGBT‐parent exclusion, compensatory addition of LGBT‐parent families, and LGBT‐parent families as disadvantaged to a focus on queer and intersectional scholarship and a continuing postmodern paradigm shift. We discuss how instructors can engage in critical feminist‐oriented self‐reflexivity and transformational pedagogy.
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Feminism , Queer theory , LGBT , LGBT-parent families , Intersectionality
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Few-Demo, A., Humble, A. M., Curran, M. A., & Lloyd, S. (2016). Queer theory, intersectionality, and LGBT-parent families: Transformative critical pedagogy in family theory. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 8(1), 74-94. doi:10.1111/jftr.12127