A queer-theoretical approach to community health psychology.
Queer-theoretical resources offer ways of productively rethinking how central concepts such as 'person-context', 'identity' and 'difference' may be understood for community health psychologists. This would require going beyond consideration of the problems with which queer theory is popularly associated to cautiously engage with the aspects of this work relevant to the promotion of collective practice and engaging with processes of marginalisation. In this article, we will draw upon and illustrate the queer-theoretical concepts of 'performativity' and 'cultural intelligibility' before moving towards a preliminary mapping of what a queer-informed approach to community health psychology might involve.
Australian Institute of Psychology, Australia.
Bróna R Nic Giolla
BR
Easpaig
David M
DM
Fryer
Seònaid E
SE
Linn
Harvey
H
Humphrey
D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012933:Social Identification
community health psychology; difference; identity; performativity; queer theory