Sexual cultures in Aotearoa/New Zealand education / edited by Alexandra C. Gunn and Lee A. Smith.

"Aotearoa New Zealand was recently rated by the Lonely Planet travel guide as the second most 'gay friendly' country in the world, with some of the most advanced human rights legislation. Research suggests, however, that New Zealand's relatively 'inclusive' social climate is not always reflected in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gunn, Alexandra C. (Alexandra Claire) (Editor)
Smith, Lee (Lee Ann) (Editor)
Robinson, Kerry H. (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Homosexuality and education > New Zealand.
Gender identity in education > New Zealand.
Queer theory > New Zealand.
Sexual minorities > Education > New Zealand.
Education > Social aspects > New Zealand.
Gay teachers > New Zealand.
Gay high school students > New Zealand.
Lesbian high school students > New Zealand.
Education > Social aspects.
Gay high school students.
Gay teachers.
Gender identity in education.
Homosexuality and education.
Lesbian high school students.
Queer theory.
Sexual minorities > Education.
New Zealand.
Physical Description:256 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / Kerry H. Robinson
  • 1. Introduction / Alexandra C. Gunn & Lee A. Smith
  • 2. The potential of queer theorising in early childhood education : disrupting heteronormativity and practising for inclusion / Alexandra C. Gunn
  • 3. Conversations with potential : teaching for inclusion / Ann Hardie
  • 4. 'I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals-f-laming' : using critical literacy to draw attention to heteronormative hegemony in texts of popular culture / Susan Sandretto
  • 5. How are teenage male students redefining masculinity and heterosexuality? / Steven S. Sexton
  • 6. Queer students and same-sex partners at the school formal / Lee A. Smith
  • 7. 'Picturing' heteronormativity in secondary schools / Louisa Allen
  • 8. Sexuality, education and diversity / Katie Fitzpatrick
  • 9. Acknowledging and working double binds : the im/possible work of a high school Queer-Straight Alliance
  • . 10 (Trans)gender diversity, cisnormativity and New Zealand education cultures : a dialogue / James Burford, Joey MacDonald, Sam Orchard & Philip Wills
  • 11. 'I feel proud of what I've achieved while having a baby so young' : teenage mothers contest normative constructions of their sexual, social and educational identities / Jenny Hindin-Miller & Rebecca Hibbert
  • 12. A queer lens on initial teacher education / Vicki M. Carpenter & Debora Lee
  • 13. Pulling the monstrosity of (hetero)normativity out of the closet : teacher education as a problem and an answer / lisa hunter, Debi Futter-Puati & Janette Kelly
  • 14. Challenging the pervasiveness of heteronormativity / Lee A. Smith & Alexandra C. Gunn
  • Appendix Additional resources.