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Book SynopsisIn 1995, George Haggerty and Bonnie Zimmerman's landmark volume Professions of Desire: Lesbian and Gay Studies in Literaturefollowed by William Spurlin's Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Teaching of English (2000)began addressing the esoteric discussions complicating the intersections among gender, sexuality, and other identity constructs within the English classroom. Given the perpetuation of heteronormativity in the educational system, Haggerty encourages instructors to help LGBT students learn about the politics of oppression in their own lives as well as in the cultural context that, after all, determines what they mean when they call themselves lesbian or gay.
Approaches to Teaching LGBT Literature is designed to help teachers address what it means to teach LGBT literature. How can pre-service teacher educators prepare their students to teach LGBT literature? How should teachers introduce different bodies of students to these texts? Those interested in
Table of Contents
William P. Banks/John Pruitt: Approaching LGBTQ Literatures: Frameworks for Pedagogical Inquiry – Timothy Barnett: Intersectional Pedagogies of Queer Literature: Teaching Randall Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits – R. Joseph Rodríguez: "Keeping Us Visible": Introducing and Teaching Latino and Latina Literary Characters in LGBTQ-Themed College Courses – Serkan Gorkemli: Designing and Teaching "Introduction to LGBT Literature" in the U.S. and Turkey From a Transnational Perspective – Justyna Kostkowska: Love Without Boundaries: Appreciating Contemporary Women Writers’ Challenges to the Binaries of Gender, Sexuality, and Textuality in Gender-Nonspecific Short Stories – Helena Gurfinkel: Biography Is the New Queer: Teaching Oscar Wilde and Henry James – Nicholas Alexander Hayes: Write Your Life: Student-Created Anthologies as Discourse in Queer Literature Classes – Jamie Steckelberg: Engaging Virtually With Parents of LGBTQ Children Through Literary Study: A Case Study of Shelly and Travis – Scott Lankford: Teaching LGBTQ Literature Online, 1997–2017: A Personal-Curricular Reflection – Contributors – Index.
