Schools as Queer Transformative Spaces: Global Narratives on Sexualities and Gender (Routledge Research in Educational Equality and Diversity) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032088397 ISBN 13: 9781032088396

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

This book explores the narratives and experiences of LGBTQ+ and gender non-conforming students around the world. Much previous research has focused on homophobic/transphobic bullying and the negative consequences of expressing non-heterosexual and non-gender-conforming identities in school environments. To date, less attention has been paid to what may help LGBTQ+ students to experience school more positively, and relatively little has been done to compare research across the global contexts. This book addresses these research gaps by bringing together ongoing research from countries including Brazil, China, South Africa, the UK and many more.

Each chapter examines results of empirical research into school experiences of LGBTQ+ students, and the experiences and perspectives of teachers and parents. All contributions are theoretically informed by aspects of queer theory and/or critical feminist theory, with additional insights from psychological, sociological and linguistic perspectives. Contributing chapters consider how educational workers may question socially sanctioned concepts of normality in relation to gender and sexuality in ways that benefit all students, and how they can ‘queer’ schools to make them less oppressive in terms of gender and sexuality.

Expertly written and researched, this book is an invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers and students in the fields of education, sociology, gender studies and anyone with an interest in gender and sexuality studies.

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About the Author

Jón Ingvar Kjaran is Associate Professor of Anthropology/Sociology of Eduction at the University of Iceland, School of Education. His research focus is on gender equality, sexuality, ethnicity, race, and gender violence.

Helen Sauntson is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at York St John University, UK. Her research areas are language in education and language, gender and sexuality.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032088397
• ISBN 13: 9781032088396
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226
• Editor: Kjaran Jón Ingvar, Sauntson Helen