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Managing Identity: The Experience of...

Oakleaf, Linda Louise.

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Managing Identity: The Experience of Residential Summer Camp Staff Who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Managing Identity: The Experience of Residential Summer Camp Staff Who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender./
作者:	Oakleaf, Linda Louise.
面頁冊數:	220 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-04, Section: A, page: 1439.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International72-04A.
標題:	GLBT Studies. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3442573
ISBN:	9781124472065

Managing Identity: The Experience of Residential Summer Camp Staff Who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender.
Oakleaf, Linda Louise.

Managing Identity: The Experience of Residential Summer Camp Staff Who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender. - 220 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-04, Section: A, page: 1439.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--North Carolina State University, 2010.

Each year thousands of emerging adults, age 18 to 25 years, work at residential summer camps in the United States. Residential camp shares few attributes with other workplaces. Unlike most places of work, staff members at summer camp live with their coworkers and within close proximity to the children in their care.

ISBN: 9781124472065Subjects--Topical Terms:

1669655
GLBT Studies.

Managing Identity: The Experience of Residential Summer Camp Staff Who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender.
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520 $a Participants were between the ages of 18 and 25 years, had worked at residential summer camp within the past three years (2007--2009), and identified as LGBT or non-heterosexual. Participants were recruited through LGBT organizations and through snowball sampling. There were 28 study participants including 24 females, 3 males, and one individual who identified as gender queer. The goal of sampling for this study was to reach theoretical saturation. Data were collected through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews that lasted about an hour. Grounded theory methods were used to analyze the data through coding, comparison, and creating memos and diagrams.
520 $a Several themes emerged from the data, and one unifying concept tied the themes together---managing an LGBT identity at camp. LGBT staff at residential summer camp managed their LGBT identity on a day-to-day and sometimes a moment-by-moment basis. The work included positioning oneself against stereotypes, controlling the disclosure of LGBT status, and interpreting others' cues before speaking or acting. Staff managed their LGBT identity using strategies to reduce the impact of homophobia or heteronormativity on themselves. The work of managing identity was affected by the residential camp context, staff members' prior experience at camp and outside of it, disclosure or non-disclosure of LGBT identity, and the atmosphere at each camp for LGBT staff.
520 $a Staff members were more focused on daily life at camp than on the process of identity management. However, staff members' LGBT identity was inextricable from their role identities as camp staff. The residential summer camp context also resided within a larger context of homophobia and heteronormativity in society. Existing homophobic and heteronormative structures at camp and in society dictated that staff members actively manage their LGBT identity.
520 $a Heteronormative structures that framed heterosexuality as an accepted norm and an LGBT identity as a sexualized or politicized other sometimes had the effect of hiding discrimination from view, especially when LGBT staff members themselves took on heteronormative attitudes. The amount of labor and stress associated with maintaining an LGBT identity was lessened at more LGBT friendly camps. Factors such as prior experience with homophobia or maintaining non-disclosure also increased the work necessary to maintain an LGBT identity at camp.
520 $a A more homophobic atmosphere at camp increased the burden of identity management, but LGBT identity management was present at all camps, including those that were the most LGBT friendly. LGBT staff members may not be able to relinquish identity management as long as summer camp exists within the context of a homophobic and heteronormative society. However, the actions of the most supportive camps in this sample demonstrated that camp administrators can work to counter homophobic and heteronormative attitudes and practices.
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