"People Aren't Afraid Anymore, But It's Hard to Find Books": Reading Practices That Inform the Personal and Social Identities of Self-Identified Lesbian and Queer Young Women

Authors

Paulette RothbauerFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 2004

Journal

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Volume

28

Issue

3

First Page

53

Last Page

74

Abstract

A presentation of my doctoral research, in which I examine reading as a taken-for-granted and under-studied aspect of information seeking and information use. Specifically, I look at the role of voluntary reading in the negotiation of alternative sexual identities amongst young women (18-23 years of age) who self-identify as lesbian, queer, or bisexual.