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Queer social movements and outreach work in schools : a global perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Francis, Dennis A. (Editor), Kjaran, Jón Ingvar (Editor), Lehtonen, Jukka (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan US, [2020]
Series:Queer studies and education.
Subjects:
Sexual minority culture.
Social movements.
Homosexuality > Study and teaching.
Sexual minority students > Education.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Synergistic Potential of the Outreach Work and Activism of Queer Social Movements and Schools / Dennis A. Francis, Jukka Lehtonen and Jón Ingvar Kjaran
  • Educational Outreach Work in Nordic Countries: Challenges, Tensions, and Contradictions for Queering Schools and Teaching About Sexual and Gender Diversity / Jón Ingvar Kjaran and Jukka Lehtonen
  • Embodying Responsibility? Understanding Educators' Engagement in Queer Educational Justice Work in Schools / Irina Schmitt
  • Challenges to LGBTI Inclusive Education and Queer Activism in Taiwan / Chia-Ling Yang
  • The Sexual Diversity Pastoral Care Group and the Catholic Schools in Chile: An Attempt to Confront Heteronormativity in School Spaces / Pablo Astudillo Lizama and Jaime Barrientos Delgado
  • Education as Activism: Sexual Dissidence and Schooling in Spain / Renée DePalma
  • Queer Activism and Non-formal Outreach Work in Iran: Creating a Community of Support and Learning / Jón Ingvar Kjaran
  • Queer Intersectional Outreach Actions to Prevent LGBTQ+ Prejudice and Discrimination in Schools: The Brazilian Context and Analysis of a Local Experience / Henrique Caetano Nardi, Eliana Quartiero, and Manoela Carpenedo Rodrigues
  • We're Here, We're Queer...but Are We in Schools? Lessons Learned from a Multicountry Project Across Eastern and Southern Africa / Finn Reygan
  • Sharing Autobiographical Stories as a Key Method of Queer Activism in Austrian Schools / Andrea Arnold and Nin Langer
  • "I Decided to Teach...Despite the Anger": Using Forum Theatre to Connect Queer Activists, Teachers and School Leaders to Address Heterosexism in Schools / Dennis A. Francis and Gabriel Hoosain Khan
  • Intersex and Education: What Can Schools and Queer School Projects Learn from Current Discourses on Intersex in Austria? / Martina Enzendorfer and Paul Haller
  • Conclusions: Queering "Politics of Pain" Through Activism and Educational Outreach Work / Jón Ingvar Kjaran, Jukka Lehtonen and Dennis A. Francis.