"It won't get better until we make it better" : the politics of self-representation, resistance and empowerment in the queer youth response to the It Gets Better Project

"It won't get better until we make it better" : the politics of self-representation, resistance and empowerment in the queer youth response to the It Gets Better Project

With the ultimate goal of illustrating the ways that queer youth employ change and act as agents of self-representation, this project examines the relationship between the It Gets Better Project, a queer adult project focused upon ‘bettering‘ the lives of their younger generation, and the Make it Be...

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Main Author: Harding, Ashton Lee
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Queer youth
Sexual minorities
Lesbian youths
Gay youths
It Gets Better Project
Make it Better Project
Queer theory
Quare studies
Social movement theory
New media
Critical youth studies
Feminist sociolinguistics
Social movements
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3462

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http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3462

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