Abstract
Mary Gray’s book, Out in the Country, allows readers to inhabit the world of rural and small town Kentucky and understand how young LGBT people and their allies experience its contours. The findings Gray presents primarily draw from nineteen months of ethnographic fieldwork as well as interviews she did with thirty four LGBT youth. This ethnography challenges assumptions that circulate, both in and outside the academy, about expressions of gender and sexual nonconformity in rural America, LGBT activism, and the role of new media in social change. Gray asks how rural youth “do” LGBT identities and how new media matters in their lives. Given its aim, the book most centrally contributes to sexualities and media studies – yet its analyses will be of interest to scholars who study rural communities and education and social movements, as well as to educators and activists dedicated to supporting LGBT youth in rural areas.
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Kazyak, E. (2010). Book review: Out in the country: Youth, media, and queer visibility in rural America. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 25(6), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.18113/P8JRRE2506
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2010-02-26
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