Ethics and Eros: Theoretical Considerations of LGBTQ Young Adult Literature

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The authors in this session explore various and in some cases new theoretical perspectives to engage with LGBTQ-themed young adult literature. Authors explore how specific theories offer scholars ways to examine issues related to gender, sexuality, desire, pleasure, friendship, as well as the very definition of youth. This session attempts to initiate a discussion in the field of secondary literacy education and Queer Studies in Education about the relationship between theory and LGBTQ youth.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Queer Studies

Chair

• David L. Carlson, Arizona State University

Papers

• Problematizing Normative Narratives of Coming Out and Coming of Age in Young Adult Literature: An Analysis of Sáenz's Aristotle and Dante - Amanda Haertling Thein, University of Iowa; Kate E Kedley, University of Iowa

• Queer Recognition and Interdependence: LGBTQ Young Adult Literature and the Contemporary Moment - David L. Carlson, Arizona State University

• Friendship as Shared Enmity - Kevin Burke, University of Georgia - Athens; Adam Joseph Greteman, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

• Queering Performances - Mirka E. Koro-Ljungberg, Arizona State University

Discussant

• Darla Linville, Georgia Regents University