Title:
Queer adolescent literature as a complement to the English language arts curriculum / edited by Paula Greathouse, Brooke Eisenbach, and Joan F. Kaywell.
Author:
Greathouse, Paula, editor.
Eisenbach, Brooke, editor.
Kaywell, Joan F., editor.
Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Call Number:
PN56.H57 Q4415 2018
Abstract:
"This book was written based on three assumptions: ELA teachers (1) recognize the need to include queer-themed literature in their curriculum, (2) are familiar with adolescent literature or YA literature but are unfamiliar with queer-themed YA literature, and (3) are lacking training on how to address gender and sexuality in the classroom. As a result, the book's intention is to provide secondary (sixth-twelfth) ELA teachers with instructional frameworks for the inclusion of queer-themed YA literature, including strategies for leading responsible dialogue on LGBTQ issues. In providing instructional strategies for using literature that allows readers to explore identities and orientations, educators begin to break a silence about the LGBTQ culture that has existed in our classrooms for too long"-- Preface, page xi.
ISBN:
9781475842388
9781475842395
Physical Description:
xiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm
Subject Term:
Contents:
The history of queer young adult literature / School libraries support of LGBTQ Young Adult literature / Teaching Geography club to reduce homophobia and bullying / Encouraging reader empathy with October mourning : a song for Matthew Shepard / Loving self, loving others : queer youth, eating disorders, and The art of starving / Exploring sexuality, gender, nationality, and religion through Sara Farizan's If You Could Be Mine / Analyzing the text, analyzing the world : developing students' critical literacies with Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe / Seeing the queer south : a teacher's guide to Honor Girl and the teaching of Graphic Memoir / Queer Adolescent Memoir : Real Lives Matter / The queer possibilities of Romeo and/or Juliet / Better Nate than ever : boy meets Broadway / What defines me? : exploring identity through One True Way in the middle-level ELA classroom / Challenging the gender binary while studying author's craft in Freakboy / Girls with ambition and heart : teaching Malinda Lo's Huntress / Turning up and tuning in to Lizard Radio : discussing gender fluidity and gender queerness through speculative young adult fiction / Queering conventional narrative elements with Lily and Dunkin / Bearing witness to our being and becoming in middle school with Parrotfish / Trans*Forming the middle level English language arts classroom : reading George to promote Ally-Ship / Learning to live authentically : studying transgender youth through Being Emily
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