Queer Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the English Language Arts Curriculum
Published on 28. September 2018
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4758-4238-8 (ISBN)
Description
This text offers 6th - 12th grade ELA educators guided instructional approaches for including queer-themed young adult (YA) literature in the English language arts classroom. Chapters are authored by leading researchers and theorists in young adult literature, specifically queer-themed YA . Each chapter spotlights the reading of one queer-themed YA novel, and offer pre-, during-, and after reading activities that guide students to a deeper understanding of the content while increasing their literacy practices. While each chapter focuses on a specific queer-themed YA novel, readers will discover the many opportunities for cross-disciplinary study.
Reviews / Votes
Greathouse, Eisenbach, and Kaywell have assembled a rich, engaging, provocative and forward-leaning text that speaks to the importance and urgency for our educational system to recognize the coexistence of students as the embodied practice of literacy learning. Drawing from highly engaging queer-themed YA texts, these authors show examples about methods that introduce, teach, and challenge assumptions that lock in approaches to reading texts through lenses which recenter and privilege cisgender and heteronormative identities. They lead readers into a position where binaries are disrupted and move us into a complex and contextually grounded engagement with the binary. Together, they move us move beyond and away from the binary and through this, collectively lift the LGBTQ out of margin and into center. -- SJ Miller, PhD, deputy director, Center for Research on Equity in Teacher Education, Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools; research associate professor, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Cogent and comprehensive, this is an informative and indispensable guide to using queer adolescent literature in the classroom as a complement to the curriculum. From history to collaboration with school librarians and from textual analysis to encouraging reader empathy, this splendid book is encyclopedic in its life-changing and possibly life-saving content. It clearly belongs in every library and every English language arts classroom. -- Michael Cart, columnist, reviewer, Booklist magazine; author or editor of 25 books including: "Representing the Rainbow: LGBTQ+ Content since 1969" co-authored with Christine A. Jenkins; past president, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents... This book is a 'must have' for all educators seeking to create a more inclusive school environment. The reference sections alone are invaluable. -- Shannon Hitchcock, author, "Ruby Lee & Me and One True Way"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Text Boxes; Illustrations; Tables; Black & White Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4758-4238-8 (9781475842388)
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Additional editions
Paula Greathouse | Brooke Eisenbach | Joan F. Kaywell
Queer Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the English Language Arts Curriculum
E-Book
09/2018
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€32.49
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Persons
Paula Greathouse is assistant professor of secondary English Education at Tennessee Tech. She was a secondary English and Reading teacher for sixteen years.
Brooke Eisenbach is an assistant professor of Middle and Secondary Education at Lesley University. She was a middle school English language arts and Adolescent Literature teacher for nine years, and an online English teacher for two years.
Joan F. Kaywell is professor of secondary English Education at the University of South Florida. She served as President of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) and recognized as the original proponent of using Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Classics.
Brooke Eisenbach is an assistant professor of Middle and Secondary Education at Lesley University. She was a middle school English language arts and Adolescent Literature teacher for nine years, and an online English teacher for two years.
Joan F. Kaywell is professor of secondary English Education at the University of South Florida. She served as President of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) and recognized as the original proponent of using Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Classics.
Content
CHAPTER 1: The History of Queer Young Adult Literature
Michael Cart and Joan F. Kaywell
CHAPTER 2: Collaborating with School Librarians
Julie Stepp
CHAPTER 3: Teaching Geography Club to Reduce Homophobia and Bullying
Victor Malo-Juvera
CHAPTER 4: Encouraging Reader Empathy with October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
Katie R. Peel
CHAPTER 5: Loving Self, Loving Others: Queer Youth, Eating Disorders, and The Art of Starving
Gretchen Rumohr-Voskuil
CHAPTER 6: Exploring Sexuality, Gender, Nationality, and Religion through Sara Farizan's If You Could Be Mine
Mollie V. Blackburn and Youmna Deiri
CHAPTER 7: Analyzing the Text, Analyzing the World: Developing Students' Critical Literacies with Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Ashley S. Boyd and Ruben Zecena
CHAPTER 8: Seeing the Queer South: A Teacher's Guide to Honor Girl and the Teaching of Graphic Memoir
James Joshua Coleman
CHAPTER 9: Queer Adolescent Memoir: Real Lives Matter
Crag Hill and Alex Ruggiers
CHAPTER 10: The Queer Possibilities of Romeo and/or Juliet
Briana Asmus and Christopher Nagle
CHAPTER 11: Better Nate than Ever: Boy Meets Broadway
Amber Spears and Kristy L. Reagan
CHAPTER 12: What Defines Me? Exploring Identity through One True Way in the Middle Level ELA Classroom
Brooke Eisenbach, Paula Greathouse, LeAnn Taylor
CHAPTER 13: Challenging the Gender Binary while Studying Author's Craft in Freakboy
Lesley Roessing
CHAPTER 14: Girls with Ambition and Heart: Teaching Malinda Lo's Huntress
Summer Melody Pennell
CHAPTER 15: Turning up and Tuning in to Lizard Radio: Discussing Gender Fluidity and Gender Queerness through Speculative Young Adult Fiction
Michelle M. FalterCHAPTER 16: Queering Conventional Narrative Elements with Lily and Dunkin
Jenell Igeleke Penn, Caroline T. Clark, and Jill M. Williams
CHAPTER 17: Bearing Witness to Our Being and Becoming in Middle School with Parrotfish
Sarah J. Donovan
CHAPTER 18: Trans*Forming the Middle Level English Language Arts Classroom: Reading George to Promote Ally-ship
Judith Hayn
CHAPTER 19: Learning to Live Authentically: Studying Transgender Youth through Being Emily
Rachel A. Roloff and Ashley S. Boyd
ABOUT THE EDITORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
REFERENCES
SUBJECT INDEX
Michael Cart and Joan F. Kaywell
CHAPTER 2: Collaborating with School Librarians
Julie Stepp
CHAPTER 3: Teaching Geography Club to Reduce Homophobia and Bullying
Victor Malo-Juvera
CHAPTER 4: Encouraging Reader Empathy with October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
Katie R. Peel
CHAPTER 5: Loving Self, Loving Others: Queer Youth, Eating Disorders, and The Art of Starving
Gretchen Rumohr-Voskuil
CHAPTER 6: Exploring Sexuality, Gender, Nationality, and Religion through Sara Farizan's If You Could Be Mine
Mollie V. Blackburn and Youmna Deiri
CHAPTER 7: Analyzing the Text, Analyzing the World: Developing Students' Critical Literacies with Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Ashley S. Boyd and Ruben Zecena
CHAPTER 8: Seeing the Queer South: A Teacher's Guide to Honor Girl and the Teaching of Graphic Memoir
James Joshua Coleman
CHAPTER 9: Queer Adolescent Memoir: Real Lives Matter
Crag Hill and Alex Ruggiers
CHAPTER 10: The Queer Possibilities of Romeo and/or Juliet
Briana Asmus and Christopher Nagle
CHAPTER 11: Better Nate than Ever: Boy Meets Broadway
Amber Spears and Kristy L. Reagan
CHAPTER 12: What Defines Me? Exploring Identity through One True Way in the Middle Level ELA Classroom
Brooke Eisenbach, Paula Greathouse, LeAnn Taylor
CHAPTER 13: Challenging the Gender Binary while Studying Author's Craft in Freakboy
Lesley Roessing
CHAPTER 14: Girls with Ambition and Heart: Teaching Malinda Lo's Huntress
Summer Melody Pennell
CHAPTER 15: Turning up and Tuning in to Lizard Radio: Discussing Gender Fluidity and Gender Queerness through Speculative Young Adult Fiction
Michelle M. FalterCHAPTER 16: Queering Conventional Narrative Elements with Lily and Dunkin
Jenell Igeleke Penn, Caroline T. Clark, and Jill M. Williams
CHAPTER 17: Bearing Witness to Our Being and Becoming in Middle School with Parrotfish
Sarah J. Donovan
CHAPTER 18: Trans*Forming the Middle Level English Language Arts Classroom: Reading George to Promote Ally-ship
Judith Hayn
CHAPTER 19: Learning to Live Authentically: Studying Transgender Youth through Being Emily
Rachel A. Roloff and Ashley S. Boyd
ABOUT THE EDITORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
REFERENCES
SUBJECT INDEX