Pedagogies of Censorship, Injury, and Masochism: Teacher Responses to Homophobic Speech in Physical Education

Autor/in	Sykes, Heather
Titel	Pedagogies of Censorship, Injury, and Masochism: Teacher Responses to Homophobic Speech in Physical Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, 36 (2004) 1, S.75-99 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Biographies; Physical Education; Physical Education Teachers; Injuries; Homosexuality; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Homosexualität; Kanada
Abstract	I examine how physical education teachers respond to homophobic name-calling, as revealed in life history interviews with 'lesbian', 'gay', and 'heterosexual' teachers in Canada and the USA. Censoring homophobic name-calling in schools is discussed as an important, but insufficient, response. Several 'lesbian' and 'gay' teachers responded with pedagogies of injury; that is, they recalled their personal experiences of homophobic language to teach students not to use words such as 'fag', 'dyke', and 'queer'. I examine why some teachers were prepared to risk further personal injury in order to prevent injury to other students. In addition to rational and conscious explanations, I speculate that an unconscious masochistic imperative may also animate this approach to anti-homophobic education. Ultimately, I ask what is demanded from teachers if this type of anti-homophobic teaching is animated by what has been called an attachment to subjection. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10