Minor troubles : racial figurations of youth sexuality and childhood's queerness / Erin J. Rand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rand, Erin J., 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Sexual behavior--United States.

Youth.

Sexual minority youth--Sexual behavior--United States.

Sexual minority youth.

Teenagers--Sexual behavior--United States.

Teenagers.

Gender-nonconforming youth--United States.

Gender-nonconforming youth.

Rhetoric--Social aspects.

Rhetoric.

Sexual practices.

Sexuality.

LGBTQ+ youth.

LGBTQ+ people.

Physical Description:

viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Examines a series of public controversies regarding young people and queer sexuality in the US-adult concerns about teen sexting, the bullying and suicides of queer kids, trans youths' access to gender-segregated bathrooms at school, and sex education-to show that actions geared toward protecting the idea of childhood innocence come at the expense of real youth of color and queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming youth"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Childhood's queer troubles

Illegal desires : the sexting panic and the criminalization of queer Black girls

Wounded white boys : figuring queer vulnerability to bullying and suicide

Too much to tolerate : school bathrooms, trans temporality, and Black excess

From reticence to abundance : talking back to the history of sex education

Conclusion: Refiguring futures : youth innovations in agency and vulnerability.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index.

ISBN:

9780814215814

0814215815

9780814259351

0814259359

OCLC:

1453617890