Final Defense – Peter Hornbein

A Critical Discourse Analysis and Exploration: Is Whiteness Enacted in the Discourse of Critical Queer Theory?

Tue, Mar 31 @ 1:00 pm

LSC 1148 Dean’s Conference Room

This study explores whether the discourse in journal articles published since 2017 in Critical Queer Theory enacts whiteness. Articles were blinded and then randomly selected for a four-part analysis. Data saturation was reached after 10 articles were analyzed. The results found that 2 of the 10 articles did not enact whiteness; the remaining articles enacted whiteness through either elision or use of monolithic identity.