A convenient dichotomy: critical eyes on the limits to biological knowledge |
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Authors: | Catherine Milne |
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Institution: | (1) Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA |
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Abstract: | In The Secret Identity of a Biology Textbook: straight and naturally sexed, Jesse Bazzul and Heather Sykes conduct a case study of a biology textbook as an oppressive instructional material. Using
queer theory they explore how the text of the biology textbook produces “truths” about sex, gender, and sexuality. Their analysis
is complemented by the Forum papers by Jay Lemke and Francis Broadway who broaden the analysis examining the way that what
counts as knowledge in science is a political decision while also encouraging authors, including Bazzul and Sykes, to also
look critically at their own theoretical lenses. In this paper I pull together their ideas while exploring cultural contexts
for a more nuanced representation of biological knowledge and the politics of what it means to know science. |
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