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Bittner, Robert; Ingrey, Jennifer; Stamper, Christine – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
As research on transgender and gender nonconforming children and youth becomes increasingly prevalent in literary scholarship, educational possibilities arise for teachers of children's and young adult (YA) literature in various classroom settings. This article provides a brief history of literature for children and teens containing queer and…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Gender Issues
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Levy, Joseph J.; Nouss, Alexis – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1993
Reviews novels dealing with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, noting that their perspectives on death can be extracted through content analysis. Concludes that, overall, these novels present weak symbolization about death with rituals that are not highly elaborated and that complex images of the afterlife are not offered.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Death, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality
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Jenkins, Christine – Library Quarterly, 1998
Building on earlier content analysis research, this article provides three theoretical approaches to understand the evolution of young adult novels with gay/lesbian/queer content. It concludes by highlighting themes and patterns that suggest the progress that has been made and has yet to be made in the realistic portrayal of gay/lesbian/queer…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Characterization, Content Analysis, Fiction