The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prioletta, Jessica, editor.

Smith, Kylie, editor.

Davies, Adam, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Bloomsbury handbooks.

Bloomsbury handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity in children.

Sexual minority children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

This Handbook surveys, challenges and advances the theories, research approaches, and practices around gender and sexuality in early childhood.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Rethinking Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood Jessica Prioletta, Adam Davies and Kylie Smith

PART I: THEORIES

1 Post-Developmentalism Nicole Land

2 Innocence, Gender and Sexuality Julie C. Garlen and Brittany Crane

3 Feminist Poststructuralism, Genders and Sexualities in Early Childhood Education Susan Grieshaber, Jennifer Stevens-Ballenger and Elise Hunkin

4 Queer and Trans Theories in Childhood Adam Davies, Harny Carlos Chan Lim and Jessica Prioletta

5 Feminist Posthumanism and Feminist New Materialism in Early Childhood Jessica Prioletta and Adam Davies

6 Queer Indigenous Theories of Childhood: Intersections of Race, Colonialism and Gender Nicole Ineese-Nash and Kaitlyn Wilcox

7 Postcolonial Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality in Young Children Shipra Suneja and Radhika Viruru

8 Anticolonial Theories John Pierre (JP) Craig and Fikile Nxumalo

9 Black Feminism in Early Childhood and Care Janelle Brady

PART II: DOING RESEARCH

10 Entangled with(in) Ethics Margaret Coady, Adam Davies, Jessica Prioletta and Kylie Smith

11 Reflections on a Critical Child-Centred Ethnography towards Learning Gender and Sexuality in Primary School Emmanuel Mayeza

12 Acts of Everyday Stretching: Post-Qualitative Inquiry into Gender, Barbies and Fashion in the Early Childhood Studio Casey Y. Myers

13 Drawing on Girls' Drawings: Tracing Male Domination in Kindergarten Play Spaces Jessica Prioletta

14 Researching Parent and Teacher Advocacy for Genderqueer Children in the Early Years: A Mixed-Methods Approach Alexandra C. Gunn and Janice Kroeger

15 Action Research Anne Farrelly, Kylie Smith and Cassie Kotsanas.

16 How Gender Comes to Matter: Tracing Matter, Space, Place, Time and Affect in Early Childhood Research Jayne Osgood and Sid Mohandas

PART III: TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICES

17 Building Culturally Safe Early Childhood Spaces for Gender and Sexuality Diverse Children and Their Families Kerry H. Robinson and Cristyn Davies

18 2sLGBTQ+ in the Early Years Classroom Pam Malins

19 Using Counter-Narratives to Explore Race, Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood Claudine Lam and Kylie Smith

20 Exploring Anti-Racist Approaches for Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Early Childhood Alana Butler, Adam Davies and Jessica Prioletta

21 A Feminist New Materialist Lens on Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood: Insights from Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand Sonja Arndt, Vina Adriany and Marek Tesar

22 Teachers Troubling Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Early Childhood: A New Feminist Materialist Perspective Raksha Janak and Deevia Bhana

23 Maddening and Queer/Trans Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education and Care Adam Davies

24 Gender and Sexuality Policies in Early Childhood Dan Leach-McGill, Bruce Hurst and Kylie Smith

25 Gender-Affirmative Parenting Elizabeth Rahilly

26 Care Ethics and Sexuality Education in the Early Years: Approaching Gender and Sexuality through Care Adam Davies and Brooke Richardson

27 Sexual Health Education in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings Jessica M. Phillips

Conclusion: At the Intersections of Gender, Sexuality and Early Childhood - A Site for Change Jessica Prioletta, Adam Davies and Kylie Smith

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-42109-X

1-350-42111-1

1-350-42110-3

OCLC:

1519993556