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A professor of English and women's studies for 30 years at the University of Minnesota, McNaron here blends her own experience of academia?both as scholar and "out" lesbian?with the narrated accounts of colleagues from a variety of disciplines and geographic locations. McNaron queried more than 300 gay or lesbian academics who have taught for at least 15 years on the university level, seeking their experiences concerning homophobia in the workplace as well as their perceptions of what has changed over the years. Emerging here is the sobering testimony of people working under conditions ranging from open hostility to minimum tolerance. The few examples of institutions that do more than pay lip service to civil liberties on campus shine through. McNaron concludes that the only hope for meaningful systemic change lies at the door of administration. Well recommended for academic education and gay studies collections.?Karen Duff, Boston P.L.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Lesbian and gay books and conference papers might be hot items these days, but lesbian and gay academics all over the country are still subjected to homophobic personal slights, harassment, and discrimination. How do they cope, and what kinds of actions can promote positive change?
A professor of English and women's studies for 30 years at the University of Minnesota, McNaron here blends her own experience of academia?both as scholar and "out" lesbian?with the narrated accounts of colleagues from a variety of disciplines and geographic locations. McNaron queried more than 300 gay or lesbian academics who have taught for at least 15 years on the university level, seeking their experiences concerning homophobia in the workplace as well as their perceptions of what has changed over the years. Emerging here is the sobering testimony of people working under conditions ranging from open hostility to minimum tolerance. The few examples of institutions that do more than pay lip service to civil liberties on campus shine through. McNaron concludes that the only hope for meaningful systemic change lies at the door of administration. Well recommended for academic education and gay studies collections.?Karen Duff, Boston P.L.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Lesbian and gay books and conference papers might be hot items these days, but lesbian and gay academics all over the country are still subjected to homophobic personal slights, harassment, and discrimination. How do they cope, and what kinds of actions can promote positive change?
In Poisoned Ivy, Toni A. H. McNaron tells her own story and reports on the experiences of some 300 lesbian and gay academics with at least fifteen years in their profession. McNaron, a lesbian who has spent thirty years teaching English at one institution, tells of her own painful steps toward coming out to colleagues and students. Recalling her terror of being identified as a lesbian, she describes how she awkwardly attempted to befriend other (probably closeted) faculty members and stifled class discussions that veered too close to the taboo topic of sexuality.
Like McNaron, faculty from a wide range of disciplines, geographical regions, and institutions speak out about their long-term experiences in negotiating the difficult terrain of casual conversations with colleagues, departmental politics, and administration policies. Each had to carefully weigh the risks of coming out, and their stories dramatically underscore that no decision fits all situations. In stark contrast to accounts of being denied tenure or promotion are testimonies about the elation that comes from doing lesbian/gay scholarship or political work on campus, or mentoring students and junior faculty.
As numerous personal testimonies make clear, the bad old days are far from over. Lesbian and gay individuals flourish in relatively few progressive departments and institutions; at others, they find ambivalent or inhospitable responses. Seeing the hard-won gains in civil liberties under siege all over the country, some lesbian and gay faculty wonder whether they were wise to come out; others are steadfast in their choice but not sanguine about the threat to their careers. Poisoned Ivy is an unsparing account of contemporary academic life.
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