- Author
- Oldfield, Kenneth and Richard Greggory Johnson III, eds.
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press, Albany
- ISBN
- 9780791476383
- Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
ch. 1 Introduction (Kenneth Wendell Oldfield, Richard Greggory Johnson III)
ch. 2 Class, Sexuality, and Academia (Andrea R. Lehrermeier)
ch. 3 Middle-Class (Renny Christopher)
ch. 4 From the Altar Boy's Robes to the Professor's Cap and Gown: The Journey of a Gay, Working-Class Academic (Timothy J. Quain)
ch. 5 One in Ten: Teaching Tolerance for (Class) Difference, Ambiguity, and Queerness in the Culture Classroom (Denis M. Provenher)
ch. 6 Flying the Coop: Liberation through Learning (Nancy Clucevich Story)
ch. 7 No More Rented Rooms (Bonnie R. Strickland)
ch. 8 Escape from the Bronx: The Making of an Unlikely Leader (Richard Greggory Johnson III)
ch. 9 My First Closet Was the Class Closet (Felice Yeskel)
ch. 10 One Bad Lecture Away from Guarding a Bank: Identity as a Process (Michallene McDaniel)
ch. 11 Becoming (Almost) One of Those "Damn, New York, Pinko Intellectuals" (Donald C. Barrett)
ch. 12 Weaving the Self with Gender: Uniting Race, Sexual Orientation, and Social Class (Terell P. Lasane)
ch. 13 Possibilities (Angelia R. Wilson)
ch. 14 Hate Is Not a Family Value (Susan E. Borrego)
Index
First collection of essays by queer scholars with working- class backgrounds. (From the Publisher)