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Reading Queer Counter-Narratives in the High-School Literature Classroom: Possibilities and Challenges
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Helmer, Kirsten – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
Drawing on an ethnographic case study of a 13-week Gay and Lesbian Literature course, this paper explores how a high-school teacher and her students engaged with queer-themed literature. Focused on episodes around the class' engagement with two of the novels read in the course--Rita Mae Brown's "Rubyfruit Jungle" and Michael Cunningham's…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Case Studies, Homosexuality, High School Students