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Queer Theory, Intersectionality, and LGBT ‐Parent Families: Transformative Critical Pedagogy in Family Theory
Author(s) -
FewDemo April L.,
Humble Áine M.,
Curran Melissa A.,
Lloyd Sally A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family theory and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.454
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1756-2589
pISSN - 1756-2570
DOI - 10.1111/jftr.12127
Subject(s) - intersectionality , sociology , queer theory , transformative learning , conversation , scholarship , gender studies , queer , disadvantaged , reflexivity , pedagogy , transformational leadership , psychology , social psychology , social science , communication , political science , law
We discuss how to move the family studies field and the teaching of family theories from covering the “facts” that LGBT ‐parent families exist to a critical conversation that incorporates conceptual tools, language, and theoretical insights from queer and intersectionality theories. We attempt to move this conversation by presenting a model of curricular change for teaching family studies theories courses that shifts from LGBT ‐parent exclusion, compensatory addition of LGBT ‐parent families, and LGBT ‐parent families as disadvantaged to a focus on queer and intersectional scholarship and a continuing postmodern paradigm shift. We discuss how instructors can engage in critical feminist‐oriented self‐reflexivity and transformational pedagogy.