An Education in Sexuality and Sociality
Heteronormativity on Campus
By (author) Frank G. Karioris Foreword by Chris Haywood, Jonathan A. Allan
Publication date:
28 November 2018Length of book:
186 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksDimensions:
232x163mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781498580847
While hook-up culture on university campuses represents a part of the story, it is only part of the story. It is important to add to this and investigate the way the university itself brokers and seeks out specific forms of sexuality, sex, and connection amongst students. This booksheds light on how the university as an institution endorses certain forms of sociality, sexuality, and coupling, while excluding others. Building on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book furthers the discussion on the impact these institutional measures have on students, and how students work through and around them – while simultaneously establishing relations outside of and beyond hooking-up.
This book offers a profound analysis of homosociality, an authentic critique of universities, and an upclose look into the lives of a subset of college men. I believe this book has the power to impact praxis for many student affairs practitioners and higher education administrators by allowing these professionals the opportunity to take a hard look at their practices and seek to gain a better understanding of their role in perpetuating heteronormativity on college campuses. This work is important in an age of increasing diversity on college campuses. I look forward to seeing the impact this text has on the landscape of higher education.