""People Aren't Afraid Anymore, But It's Hard to Find Books": Reading Practices That Inform the Personal and Social Identities of Self-Identified Lesbian and Queer Young Women" by Paulette Rothbauer

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"People Aren't Afraid Anymore, But It's Hard to Find Books": Reading Practices That Inform the Personal and Social Identities of Self-Identified Lesbian and Queer Young Women

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science (2004)

Paulette Rothbauer

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Abstract

A presentation of my doctoral research, in which I examine reading as a taken-for-granted and under-studied aspect of information seeking and information use. Specifically, I look at the role of voluntary reading in the negotiation of alternative sexual identities amongst young women (18-23 years of age) who self-identify as lesbian, queer, or bisexual.

Keywords

lesbian and queer young women,
reading,
identity,
information seeking

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Publication Date

2004

Citation Information

Paulette Rothbauer. ""People Aren't Afraid Anymore, But It's Hard to Find Books": Reading Practices That Inform the Personal and Social Identities of Self-Identified Lesbian and Queer Young Women" Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science Vol. 28 Iss. 3 (2004) p. 53 - 74 ISSN: 1195-096X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paulette_rothbauer/21/