Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Teaching of English

Positions, Pedagogies, and Cultural Politics

William J. Spurlin

This international collection of essays presents a contemporary overview of issues of sexual identity as they relate to teaching and learning in English from elementary through university levels. Coming from teachers in classrooms in India to North America to South Africa to Europe, the essays theorize lesbian, gay, and transgendered positions in the classroom, offer pedagogical strategies for teaching lesbian and gay studies, and examine the broader social and political contexts that shape classroom discourse and practices. Following the introduction by the editor, the 16 essays are:

(1) ‘Cruising the Libraries’ (Lee Lynch);

(2) ‘When the Cave Is a Closet: Pedagogies of the (Re)Pressed’ (Edward J. Ingebretsen, S.J.);

(3) ‘Blame It on the Weatherman: Popular Culture and Pedagogical Praxis in the Lesbian and Gay Studies Classroom’ (Jay Kent Lorenz);

(4) ‘On Not Coming Out: or, Reimagining Limits’ (Susan Talburt);

(5) ‘(Trans)Gendering English Studies’ (Jody Norton);

(6) ‘The Uses of History’ (Lillian Faderman);

(7) ”What’s Out There?’ Gay and Lesbian Literature for Children and Young Adults’ (Claudia Mitchell);

(8) ‘Creating a Place for Lesbian and Gay Readings in Secondary English Classrooms’ (Jim Reese);

(9) ‘Shakespeare’s Sexuality: Who Needs It?’ (Mario DiGangi);

(10) ‘Coming Out and Creating Queer Awareness in the Classroom: An Approach from the U.S.-Mexican Border’ (tatiana de la tierra);

(11) ”Swimming Upstream’: Recovering the Lesbian in Native American Literature’ (Karen Lee Osborne);

(12) ‘Reading Gender, Reading Sexualities: Children and the Negotiation of Meaning in ‘Alternative’ Texts’ (Debbie Epstein);

(13) ‘Fault Lines in the Contact Zone: Assessing Homophobic Student Writing’ (Richard E. Miller);

(14) ‘Queer Pedagogy and Social Change: Teaching and Lesbian Identity in South Africa’ (Ann Smith);

(15) ‘The Straight Path to Postcolonial Salvation: Heterosexism and the Teaching of English in India Today’ (Ruth Vanita); and

(16) ‘Rememorating: Quilt Readings’ (Marcia Blumberg)

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ISBN	9780814127940
Genre	Education
Publication Date	Nov-00
Publisher	National Council of Teachers of English
Editor	William J. Spurlin
Format	Trade Paperback
No. of Pages	372
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
Editor	William J. Spurlin
Subject	English Philology; English Philology/ Study And Teaching; English Philology/ Study And Teaching/ Political Aspects; Gay and lesbian studies; Gay Men In Literature
BookID	6756

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