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Heteronormativity / by Scott Kerpen & Kate Marston ; edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, Alexandru Cernat, Joseph W. Sakshaug & Richard A. Williams

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Kerpen, Scott
Published
London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2020.
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1 online resource
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Marston, Kate, Atkinson, Paul, 1947-, Delamont, Sara, 1947-, Cernat, Alexandru, Sakshaug, Joseph W., and Williams, Richard A., active 2020
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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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9781529745641
9781526421036
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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