Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Apr 2010 Open Access

Legato and the Practices of "Sexual Literacy" in Turkey

Serkan Gorkemli

Abstract

This article discusses the practices of sexual literacy by two members of Legato (the collegiate Lesbian and Gay Association) in Istanbul, Turkey, through the perspectives of gateways, sponsors, and the accumulation of literacies. The discussion reveals that sexual literacy is community-based. Therefore, the complex and conflicting notions of community, as inflected by the politics of place and use, are essential for theorizing present and future configurations of sexual literacy in different ways. The conclusion provides suggestions for further research and some thoughts about ways of incorporating pedagogical understandings of how literacies are (self) initiated and acquired, in community-based literacy education.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2010-04-01
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10.59236/rjv9i2pp21-43
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