Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Queensland,2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Journ.)--University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 30-36). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1995. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2776. Typescript. Abstract appears at the end of thesis as 1 leaf. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 21-24).

Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-162).

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Rowan University, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / A high incidence of homophobic discrimination against gay and lesbian individuals occurs in South Africa. Nonheterosexual youth are vulnerable to homophobic victimisation, and its effects may continue into adulthood. Memories of homophobia in youth as recalled by young self-identified gay and lesbian adults were explored using the memory work method of Haug (1987). This critical psychological method is emancipatory. In a group setting, participants anonymously authored memories based on a selected trigger (‘acceptance’); the memories were then collectively analysed over eight sessions. The unpacking of memories led to further disclosures within the group. Following the group process, thematic analysis was conducted by the group facilitator/researcher to further interpret the data and assist in the presentation of the findings. Eight global themes comprising 27 subthemes were identified: ‘who I am’, ‘being different’, ‘self-acceptance’, ‘coming out of hiding’, ‘we have not been belonging, but you don’t know how to belong to them’, ‘what you do to me’, ‘you are not okay’ and ‘if breathing is my sin’. Educational programmes should be implemented both within schools and communities to raise awareness about sexual orientation and the problem of homophobia. Youth need to have access to LGBT organisations so they may make contact with other nonheterosexual individuals. Those affected by homophobia should be assisted and empowered. Support groups may therefore act as a useful intervention for young nonheterosexual individuals.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

published_or_final_version / Journalism and Media Studies Centre / Master / Master of Journalism

Through an elaboration Bourdieu I argue that the embodiment of heterosexist norms produces negative dispositions towards gay men and women. Though this position relates to the literature on homophobic violence in its critique of social structures that contribute to homophobia, analyzing dispositions as nonconscious, bodily effects differentiates Bourdieu's position. Here Bourdieu provides a means for theorizing how norms are reproduced on the surface on the body as looks, gestures, and feelings, and not in the unconsciousness or the deep-seated beliefs of individuals. The particular contribution that Bourdieu makes to the study of homophobia argues that homonegativity is transferred from “body to body, below the level of conscious control” (Bourdieu, 2000, 95), and not only through the verbal denunciations or the rational devaluation of sexual minorities. Below the present work engages several of Bourdieu's central concepts, namely habitus, doxa, and symbolic violence, and applies his theoretical perspective to homophobia and homophobic violence. This engagement is necessary as Bourdieu does not address homophobic violence in his writing. In applying Bourdieu in this manner this work contributes to the scholarship on Bourdieu as well as the study of homophobia and homophobic violence.