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Autor/inn/en | Wargo, Jon M.; Coleman, James Joshua |
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Titel | Speculating the Queer (In)Human: A Critical, Reparative Reading of Contemporary LGBTQ+ Picturebooks |
Quelle | In: Journal of Children's Literature, 47 (2021) 1, S.84-96 (13 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1521-7779 |
Schlagwörter | Childrens Literature; LGBTQ People; Picture Books; Violence; Minority Groups; Cultural Pluralism; Authors; Social Theories; Questioning Techniques; Teaching Methods |
Abstract | Historically, early lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-inclusive (LGBTQ+) picturebooks deployed representations of (in)human characters (i.e., birds, bunnies, shapeshifters, and more) to open readers to queer subjects (Young, 2019). While useful for expanding conceptions of queer life, such a move has had unintended consequences. The (in)human--here in parentheticals to highlight the violence that minoritized subjects traverse in their vacillation of human/nonhuman status--has furthered certain undesirable outcomes for queer representation in critical multicultural children's literature. This article describes a research project where the authors read across a corpus of 18 picturebooks to spotlight the speculative promise and potential of the fantastic queer (in)human. More specifically, they ask: (1) How is the queer (in)human represented in contemporary LGBTQ+ picturebooks? and (2) What, if anything, does a reparative reading reveal about the speculative potential of the queer (in)human? (ERIC). |
Anmerkungen | Children's Literature Assembly. e-mail: info@childrensliteratureassembly.org; Web site: https://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/journal.html |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |