Queer Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the English Language Arts Curriculum (eBook)

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.

CHAPTER 1: The History of Queer Young Adult Literature Michael Cart and Joan F. KaywellCHAPTER 2: Collaborating with School Librarians Julie Stepp CHAPTER 3: Teaching Geography Club to Reduce Homophobia and BullyingVictor Malo-JuveraCHAPTER 4: Encouraging Reader Empathy with October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard Katie R. PeelCHAPTER 5: Loving Self, Loving Others: Queer Youth, Eating Disorders, and The Art of StarvingGretchen Rumohr-VoskuilCHAPTER 6: Exploring Sexuality, Gender, Nationality, and Religion through Sara Farizan’s If You Could Be Mine Mollie V. Blackburn and Youmna DeiriCHAPTER 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 ZecenaCHAPTER 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 RuggiersCHAPTER 10: The Queer Possibilities of Romeo and/or Juliet Briana Asmus and Christopher NagleCHAPTER 11: Better Nate than Ever: Boy Meets BroadwayAmber Spears and Kristy L. ReaganCHAPTER 12: What Defines Me? Exploring Identity through One True Way in the Middle Level ELA ClassroomBrooke Eisenbach, Paula Greathouse, LeAnn TaylorCHAPTER 13: Challenging the Gender Binary while Studying Author's Craft in FreakboyLesley Roessing CHAPTER 14: Girls with Ambition and Heart: Teaching Malinda Lo’s Huntress Summer Melody PennellCHAPTER 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. WilliamsCHAPTER 17: Bearing Witness to Our Being and Becoming in Middle School with Parrotfish Sarah J. DonovanCHAPTER 18: Trans*Forming the Middle Level English Language Arts Classroom: Reading George to Promote Ally-shipJudith HaynCHAPTER 19: Learning to Live Authentically: Studying Transgender Youth through Being EmilyRachel A. Roloff and Ashley S. BoydABOUT THE EDITORS ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS REFERENCESSUBJECT INDEX