Tales of a Fighting Bobcat: An “Auto-archaeology” of Gay Identity Formation and Maintenance

Ragan Fox

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This essay lays the methodological foundation for a form of autoethnography that I describe as “auto-archaeology.” Auto-archaeology specifies a process by which an autoethnographer relies on institutional artifacts to interpret how a network of power relations affects individual identity formation and maintenance. In this essay, I reference artifacts from high school to demonstrate how institutional structures and discourses constrain and enable heterosexual and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender (LGBTQ) identities. I then consider three key ways that educational structures may better combat institutionalized homophobia.

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