Description
Book SynopsisThis text offers secondary ELA educators guided instructional approaches for including queer-themed young adult (YA) literature in the English language arts classroom. Each chapter spotlights the reading of one queer-themed YA novel, and offers pre-, during-, and after reading activities that guide students to a deeper understanding of the content while increasing their literacy practices. While each chapter focuses on a specific queer-themed YA novel, readers will discover the many opportunities for cross-disciplinary study. Thw emphasis on English language arts content as a focus for teaching LGBTQ young adult literature marks a shift from the first edition.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION
Henry “Cody” Miller and Paula Greathouse
CHAPTER 1
The History of Queer Young Adult Literature
Michael Cart and Joan F. Kaywell
CHAPTER 2
Rhetorical Analysis of Black Queer Narratives through All Boys Aren’t Blue
LaMar Timmons-Long
CHAPTER 3
Characterization and Symbolism in Superhero-Themed Graphic Novels with You Brought Me
the Ocean
René M. Rodríguez-Astacio
CHAPTER 4
Color Palettes and Peculiar Panels: Studying Narrative Structure in Tillie Walden’s On A
Sunbeam
Nicole Amato and Jenna Spiering
CHAPTER 5
“About Being Free”: Exploring Identity, Queerness, and Radical Possibility through Verse in
The Black Flamingo
shea wesley martin
CHAPTER 6
“to go somewhere I knew someone would see me”: Narrative Structure, Flashbacks, and Social
Worlds in Candice Iloh’s Every Body Looking
Ryan Burns
CHAPTER 7
Exploring The Prom as Texts and Symbol
Terri Suico
CHAPTER 8
Focusing on Marginalized Identities through Imagery: A Fairy Tale Retelling and Remix with
Dark and Deepest Red
Summer Melody Pennell
CHAPTER 9
Queering Literary Close Reading with The Fascinators
Scott Storm
CHAPTER 10
Exploring Blackness, Queerness and Liberation through The Stars and the Blackness Between
Them
Danelle Adeniji, Brittany Frieson, Tatyana Jimenez-Macias, Kristin Rasbury, Kyle Wright and Amanda Vickery
CHAPTER 11
Felix Ever After: A Mystery in Progress
Lucy A. Garcia and Megan Lynn Isaac
CHAPTER 12
Exploring Characterization Narratives with Chulito: A Novel
Gabriel T. Acevedo Velázquez
CHAPTER 13
Multimodal Exploration of Identity in The Music of What Happens
Anthony Celaya & Joseph D. Sweet
CHAPTER 14
Multimodal Analysis of Characters and Settings in Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
E. Sybil Durand
ABOUT THE EDITORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
SUBJECT INDEX
