We’re Coming Out! – “Home” and “Away” Identities in the Field of International Education: An Emotional Construction and Negotiation of the Self

Frisoli, Paul St. John

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We’re Coming Out! – “Home” and “Away” Identities in the Field of International Education: An Emotional Construction and Negotiation of the Self

dc.contributor.author	Frisoli, Paul St. John
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date	2023-09-23T12:40:08.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T09:07:07Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-26T09:07:07Z
dc.date.issued	2007-01-01
dc.description.abstract	Once upon a time, there was a young man from the country of Federation. In this era of postmodernism, Paul St. John Frisoli held fragmented and multiple identities that were at times complimentary and contradictory. He believed that whether he was angry, happy, frustrated, or satisfied that emotions offered clues to these identities. One day, Paul left for the islands of Banga Sharini where he worked on the WEZAP radio project that was funded by the Federation Agency for International Development (FAID). During his stay, he developed new Consultant and Foreign Identity selves while leaving his “home” identities of the Student, Family, and Secret Gay Partner behind. This adventure, told from an autoethnographic approach, examined his daily dairies and letters written to those in the Federation in order to highlight the validity of bridging personal and professional accounts of research in academic inquiry. Paul used the lenses of Cultural Studies to examine how international development work impacted his various fragmented identities. Throughout this self-discovery process, he continuously examined the emotions displayed during the construction his “away” identities while concurrently observing the interaction of these new selves with his “home” identities. What he discovered was a stretching effect on his “home” and “away” identities caused by power, agency, and emotions.
dc.description.pages	1-75
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/7632
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=cie_capstones&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Multiple Identities
dc.subject	Autoethnographic Approach
dc.subject	Cultural Studies
dc.subject	Federation Agency for International Development (FAID)
dc.subject	Diaries
dc.subject	Self-Discovery
dc.subject	Queer
dc.subject	LGBTQ
dc.subject	Gay
dc.subject	Banga Sharini
dc.subject	WEZAP radio project
dc.subject	Away
dc.subject	Home
dc.subject	Power
dc.subject	Sense of Self
dc.subject	Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
dc.subject	Disability and Equity in Education
dc.subject	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
dc.subject	Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
dc.title	We’re Coming Out! – “Home” and “Away” Identities in the Field of International Education: An Emotional Construction and Negotiation of the Self
dc.type	openaccess
dc.type	article
digcom.contributor.author	Frisoli, Paul St. John
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digcom.identifier.contextkey	7299763
digcom.identifier.submissionpath	cie_capstones/2
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