Beyond borders : queer eros and ethos (ethics) in LGBTQ young adult literature / edited by Darla Linville and David Lee Carlson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Linville, Darla, editor.

Carlson, David Lee, editor.

Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Gender and sexualities in education ; 2166-8507 v. 8.

Gender and sexualities in education, 2166-8507 ; vol. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Young adult literature, American--History and criticism.

Young adult literature, American.

Homosexuality in literature.

Sexual minorities in literature.

Race in literature.

LGBTQ+ literature.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xiv, 227 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2016]

Summary:

Beyond Borders compiles essays from various authors who explore the queerness of young adult literature that contains lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and questioning characters, some written by LGBTQ identified authors, while presenting lessons for secondary English classrooms. As queer theorists, the authors ask if young adult literature can imagine other spaces, representations, ways of being, identifications, and inclusion of LGBTQ characters and stories. This collection examines questions of theory as well as classroom literacy practices, while employing new theories in novel and creative intersections with literary texts. The book is perfect for teacher education courses focused on young adult literature, as well as secondary English education courses including methods of teaching English courses, teaching literature methods courses, queer theory in education courses, teaching of writing courses, and content area literacy courses. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword: telling new stories / by Darla Linville and David Lee Carlson

Out of the closet and all grown up: problematizing normative narratives of coming-out and coming-of-age in young adult literature / Amanda Haertling Thein and Kate E. Kedley

Queer recognition and interdependence: LGBTQ young adult literature and the contemporary moment / David Lee Carlson

Billy Elliot, Swan lake and shifting queering effects / Angelo Benozzo, Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, and Sergia Adamo

Friendship as/and shared enmity / Kevin J. Burke and Adam J. Greteman

At the intersections of identity: race and sexuality in LGBTQ young adult literature / E. Sybil Durand

Destabilizing the homonormative for young readers: exploring Tash's queerness in Jacqueline Wodson's After Tupac and D Foster / Jill M. Hermann-Wilmarth and Caitlin l. Ryan

After homonormativity: hope for a (more) queer canon of gay YA literature / William P. Banks and Jonathan Alexander

Creating spaces of freedom for gender and sexuality for queer girls in young adult literature / Darla Linville

Exploring the tensions of reading LGBTQ YAL with higher education: student affairs professionals / Jacqueline Bach and Chaunda Allen Mitchell

Reading YAL queerly: a queer literacy framework for inviting (a)gender and (a)sexuality self-determination and justice / S J Miller

Queer literacies: a multidimensional approach to reading LGBTQ-themed literature / Kirsten Helmer

Openly straight: a look at teaching LGBTQ young adult sports literature through a queer theory youth lens / Nicole Sieben

Afterword / by Mollie V. Blackburn and Caroline T. Clark.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1433129531

9781433129544

143312954X

9781433129537

OCLC:

931625343

Publisher Number:

99965929905