Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "21081719 - Rothmann, Jacques"
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'Doing' and 'using' sexual orientation: the role of gay male pornographic film in the identity construction of gay men
Rothmann, Jacques (Taylor & Francis, 2013)The taken-for-granted dominance of heteronormativity in contemporary society has been well documented and critiqued in several social science studies. Acutely aware of its fragility and vulnerability (Butler 1991), its ... -
Human rights: protecting sexual minorities or reinforcing the boundaries of 'the closet'?
De Wet, Anna-Magrieta; Rothmann, Jacques; Simmonds, Shan (Taylor & Francis, 2016)In this article we problematise the fact that human rights legislation, whether intentionally or otherwise, reinforces binary categories such as 'heterosexual' or 'homosexual'. This form of 'othering' highlights the ... -
'Send in the (gay) clowns': Will & Grace and Modern Family as 'sensibly queer'
Rothmann, Jacques (SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2013)Initial representation of sexual minorities reified gay lifestyle as synonymous with deviancy (Seidman 1996: 6), courtesy of news programmes or documentaries. Several depictions, whether comical or dramatic, led to an ... -
Sociology as bridge over troubled waters: establishing a link between the principles of lesbian and gay studies and queer theory
Rothmann, Jacques (Taylor & Francis, 2012)Lesbian and gay studies emerged in the late 1950s and provided what several academics considered a homogeneous representation of the lesbian and gay community. Based on the critique of this view, queer theory came to the ... -
South African gay fathers' parenting practices: from pathology to 'normalisation
Rothmann, Jacques (Sun Media, Bloemfontein, 2011)Die ouerskapspraktyke van Suid-Afrikaanse gay vaders: van patologie tot 'normalisering' Die artikel bied die bevindinge van 'n kwalitatiewe sosiologiese studie waarin in-diepte onderhoude en self-voltooide vraelyste met ... -
The (de)professionalisation of the gay male academic identity: locking the closet door on South African university campuses
Rothmann, Jacques (Taylor & Francis, 2016)Considered as a principal method in organising forms of sexual orientation, the heterosexual/homosexual binary emphasises the centrality of heteronormativity in the everyday lives of social and sexual actors; thus, ... -
The role of self-reflexivity on the part of gay male academics on South African university campuses
Rothmann, Jacques (University of the Free State, 2017)he article reports on the findings of a qualitative sociological study conducted between June and December 2012 with 17 self-identified gay male academics on their experiences in South African tertiary education. Adopting ...