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Book SynopsisRethinking Sexual Identity in Education responds to the wide-spread abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning persons (LGBTQs) in diverse educational environments by utilizing published narratives of LGBTQs educational experiences.
Trade ReviewDr. Birden's well-crafted work widens the conversation for curriculum specialists and postmodernists. It is a 'must-read' for both scholars and practitioners who hope to advance the fields of curriculum and diversity. -- Joan K. Smith, dean, College of Education, University of Oklahoma
Rethinking Sexual Identity in Education offers food for thought for advocates of identity politics, social constructionists, activists, postmodernists and good old-fashioned liberals—for all of us who need to think both theoretically and practically. * Teachers College Record *
Susan Birden has written an important, courageous book. It is theoretically rich, engagingly written, and accessible for a range of readers in education, women's studies, cultural studies and youth work. Drawing effectively on educational, feminist, and queer theorists, Birden provides a compelling framework to inform and sustain the ethical and political responses necessary to interrupt the injustices of compulsory heterosexuality. We are all in her debt for this thoughtful, creative analysis of sexual identity. -- Wendy Kohli, Fairfield University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Compulsory Heterosexuality As Mis-Education Chapter 2 The Praxes in re Sexual Identity Chapter 3 Woolf, with Attitude Chapter 4 Problematizing the Praxes in re Sexual Identity Chapter 5 Envisioning an Out-Siders' Praxis
