ISBN: 9781560236191

Learn how lesbian couples deal with political, social, and legal issues related to their relationships-and their professions Lesbian Academic Couples is a collection of writings by schola… Plus…

Learn how lesbian couples deal with political, social, and legal issues related to their relationships-and their professions Lesbian Academic Couples is a collection of writings by scholars who examine-in theory and in narrative-issues faced by partners working in the academic field, including the politics of spousal hiring, discrimination in hiring practices, collaboration between partners, long-distance relationships, team teaching, and job sharing. This unique book Learn how lesbian couples deal with political, social, and legal issues related to their relationships-and their professions Lesbian Academic Couples is a collection of writings by scholars who examine-in theory and in narrative-issues faced by partners working in the academic field, including the politics of spousal hiring, discrimination in hiring practices, collaboration between partners, long-distance relationships, team teaching, and job sharing. This unique book presents firsthand accounts from senior faculty with lengthy credentials in LGBT scholarship who have been able to land academic positions not compromised by outing, from established academics who have been outed to negative effect, from junior scholars with a queer specialty, and from faculty whose work is constantly shifting and unpredictable. The format of Lesbian Academic Couples is unique. Authors well known to the lesbian communities in the United States, Canada, and Australia, present essays that "converse" with one another, offering opposing positions that represent a diversity of approaches on vital issues. The book offers candid accounts of the experiences of lesbian couples fortunate enough to work in supportive academic environments and from those discouraged from being out on campus or from doing academic work in the area of LGBT studies. This groundbreaking book is especially timely given current lawsuits and legislation involving civil unions and domestic partner benefits, enforcement of domestic violence statutes, and the rights of unmarried older couples. Lesbian Academic Couples includes the stories of couples who: achieved scholarly success and a reaffirmed relationship were separated when they couldn't find viable academic positions in the same geographical area abandoned the security of tenured positions for the sake of their relationship were professionally marginalized because of their same-sex, mixed-race relationship Books, Family & Relationships~~Alternative Family, Lesbian-Academic-Couples~~Michelle-Gibson, 999999999, Lesbian Academic Couples, Michelle Gibson, Deborah Meem, 1560236191, Taylor & Francis, , , , , Taylor & Francis<

ISBN: 9781560236191

Learn how lesbian couples deal with political, social, and legal issues related to their relationships—and their professionsLesbian Academic Couples is a collection of writings by s… Plus…

Learn how lesbian couples deal with political, social, and legal issues related to their relationships—and their professionsLesbian Academic Couples is a collection of writings by scholars who examine—in theory and in narrative—issues faced by partners working in the academic field, including the politics of spousal hiring, discrimination in hiring practices, collaboration between partners, long-distance relationships, team teaching, and job sharing. This unique book presents firsthand accounts from senior faculty with lengthy credentials in LGBT scholarship who have been able to land academic positions not compromised by outing, from established academics who have been outed to negative effect, from junior scholars with a queer specialty, and from faculty whose work is constantly shifting and unpredictable.The format of Lesbian Academic Couples is unique. Authors well known to the lesbian communities in the United States, Canada, and Australia, present essays that converse with one another, offering opposing positions that represent a diversity of approaches on vital issues. The book offers candid accounts of the experiences of lesbian couples fortunate enough to work in supportive academic environments and from those discouraged from being out on campus or from doing academic work in the area of LGBT studies. This groundbreaking book is especially timely given current lawsuits and legislation involving civil unions and domestic partner benefits, enforcement of domestic violence statutes, and the rights of unmarried older couples.Lesbian Academic Couples includes the stories of couples who:achieved scholarly success and a reaffirmed relationshipwere separated when they couldn&t find viable academic positions in the same geographical areaabandoned the security of tenured positions for the sake of their relationshipwere professionally marginalized because of their same-sex, mixed-race relationshipwrote under the pen name Michael Field in the nineteenth centuryIn addition, Lesbian Academic Couples examines the critical issues of:state sanctioning through marriagespousal hiring package planssexual orientation nondiscrimination policiesLesbian Academic Couples have existed, as long as there have been female academics. This powerful book gives voice to their successes and struggles. Michelle Gibson, Deborah Meem, Books, Social and Cultural Studies, Lesbian Academic Couples Books>Social and Cultural Studies <

2006, ISBN: 9781560236191

Softcover, Buch, [PU: Haworth Press Inc]