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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, 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, Paulette Rothbauer
Paulette Rothbauer
A presentation of my dissertation 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.
Winner of the Student-to-CAIS award for best student abstract