Interrupting Hate: Homophobia in Schools and What Literacy Can Do About It
ISBN: 9780807752739 | 0807752738
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Teachers College Pr
Pub. Date: 11/4/2011
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This timely and important book focuses on the problems of heterosexism and homophobia in schools and explores how these forms of oppression impact LGBTQQ youth, as well as all young people. The author shows how concerned teachers can engage students in literacy practices both in and out of school to develop positive learning environments. The featured vignettes focus on fostering student agency, promoting student activism, and nurturing student allies. With a unique combination of adolescent literacy and teacher action projects, this book offer... MORE
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| The Problem | |
| The Problem of Homophobia in Schools and What Literacy Has to Do with It | p. 5 |
| The Big Picture | p. 6 |
| LGBTQQ Youth Speak Out | p. 7 |
| Not Just LGBTQQ Youth | p. 9 |
| Impact on LGBTQQ Students' Academic Achievement | p. 10 |
| Reading LGBTQ-Themed Texts in School | p. 12 |
| In and Ou... MORE | p. 15 |
| Reading and Writing Words and Worlds | p. 16 |
| Practitioner Applications: Interrupt Hate | p. 17 |
| Lgbtqq Youth as Agents and Activists | |
| Developing Agency in Queer Friendly Contexts | p. 23 |
| Literacy Performances | p. 23 |
| Not School | p. 25 |
| Rejecting School | p. 28 |
| Imagining School | p. 32 |
| Mimicking School | p. 37 |
| Schoolishness of Literacy Performances | p. 40 |
| Practitioner Applications: Foster Student Agency | p. 41 |
| Preparing for and Asserting Agency in Schools | p. 43 |
| Individual Action | p. 44 |
| Collective Action | p. 52 |
| Practitioner Applications: Promote Student Activism | p. 59 |
| Students and Teachers as Allies | |
| Be(com)ing Student Allies | p. 63 |
| Becoming Allies Through Reading | p. 63 |
| Being Allies | p. 67 |
| Being Allies by Always Becoming Allies | p. 74 |
| Having What It Takes | p. 78 |
| Practitioner Applications: Nurture Student Allies | p. 82 |
| Be(com)ing Teacher Allies | p. 84 |
| Challenges and Risks of Self-Identification | p. 84 |
| Education Through Discussion, Resources, and Inquiry | p. 85 |
| Recognizing and Reacting to Homophobia in Schools | p. 89 |
| Gay-Straight Alliances | p. 91 |
| Curriculum and Pedagogy | p. 93 |
| Policy and Politics | p. 95 |
| Educating Others | p. 97 |
| Allies Among Allies | p. 98 |
| Practitioner Applications: Be(come) an Ally | p. 100 |
| Epilogue | p. 101 |
| Notes | p. 102 |
| References | p. 103 |
| Index | p. 110 |
| About the Author | p. 116 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Mollie V. Blackburn is an associate professor of literacy education at The Ohio State University. She is the co-editor of Acting Out! Combating Homophobia through Teacher Activism.
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