Queer Teachers, Identity and Performativity [electronic resource] /
Harris, A.editor.
Gray, E.editor.
What do we mean when we talk about 'queer teachers'? The authors here grapple with what it means to be sexually or gender diverse and to work as a school teacher within four national contexts: Australia, Ireland, the UK and the USA. This new volume offers academics, educators and students a provocative exploration of this pivotal topic.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Introduction; Introduction: Marked Presence/Unremarkable Absence: Queer Teachers,'Identity' and Performativity; 1 Trans Teacher Experiences and the Failure of Visibility; 2 Reframing Queer Teacher Subjects: Neither in nor Out but Present; 3 Teachers and Civil Partnership: (Re)Producing Legitimate Subjectivities in the Straight Spaces of Schools; 4 Out in Britain: The Politics of Sexuality Education and Lesbian and Gay Teachers in Schools
5 LGBTQ Teachers and the Location of Difference in English SchoolsConclusion: Extravagance and Equity: Queer Tensions in Education; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What do we mean when we talk about 'queer teachers'? The authors here grapple with what it means to be sexually or gender diverse and to work as a school teacher within four national contexts: Australia, Ireland, the UK and the USA. This new volume offers academics, educators and students a provocative exploration of this pivotal topic.
Sociology.
Teaching.
Educational sociology.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Gender identity in education.
Self.
Identity (Psychology).
Gender Studies.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Gender and Education.
Self and Identity.