Heteronormativity /
Heteronormativity refers to discursive, social, material, and institutional practices that construct heterosexuality as the default, normal, and natural sexual orientation. Heterosexuality is privileged as an unalterable ideal to such a degree that it is unmarked and thus may go unnoticed in researc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Contemporary perspectives in qualitative research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Heteronormativity refers to discursive, social, material, and institutional practices that construct heterosexuality as the default, normal, and natural sexual orientation. Heterosexuality is privileged as an unalterable ideal to such a degree that it is unmarked and thus may go unnoticed in research practice. This entry questions what it means to do research with an awareness of heteronormativity and considers how assuming gender and sexuality impacts research practices. From design and data collection to analysis and implementation, normative assumptions limit who and what is seen and heard, what questions are asked, how data are interpreted, and what impact research can have outside existing systems knowledge embedded in institutions and accounts. This entry reflects on how researchers can work through assumptions about gender and sexuality to facilitate ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529745641 1529745640 9781526421036 1526421038 |