Queer Literacies

Queer Objects, Disorientation, and Sponsors of Literacy

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ID21650280
AuthorsTroy Potter (0000-0001-7401-7356, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume54
Issue1
Pages98-106
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Reading Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4111 • E-ISSN: 1554-8430
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1086296x221076452
OpenAlexW4214940906
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited16

Since the 1990s, there have been increasing calls to “queer” curricula in order to challenge gender and sexuality norms. In this article, I develop a model of queer literacies that understands queer to encompass anti-normative ways of being and recognizes the agentic potential of queer objects to disorient individuals and spaces. I challenge educators to become sponsors of queer literacies in order to disrupt a range of normative ideologies and open up future possibilities in which difference is acknowledged and accepted. I conclude the article by illustrating how a queer object, Shaun Tan's picture book Cicada (2018), might be read using a queer literacies approach to promote critical literacy, social justice, and well-being

Curriculum · Human sexuality · Ideology · Lesbian · Literacy · Normative · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

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