Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 74-94 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of Family Theory and Review |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Feminism
- Intersectionality
- LGBT-parent families
- Queer theory
- Teaching
- Theory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Social Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)