Interrupting Hate: Homophobia in Schools and What Literacy Can Do About It (Language & Literacy) - Softcover

Blackburn, Mollie V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807752738 ISBN 13: 9780807752739

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2011

Synopsis

This timely and important book focuses on the problems of heterosexism and homophobia in schools and explores how these forms of oppression impact LGBTQ 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 offers a valuable model for educators interested in creating safe learning communities for all students.

Book Features:

• Inspiring examples of literacy educators joining with students to find solutions to the problem of homophobia in their schools.
• Action recommendations based on a wide range of research representing diversity in terms of age, race, class, gender, and sexuality.
• “Practitioner Applications” in each chapter to help readers apply what they have read to their classrooms.

About this title

Book Description

“This important and powerful book provides us with poignant stories, current research, and lived understandings to inform how we can act to make this a safer world for all youth.”
—
Katherine Schultz
, Mills College

"This book is a must read for those who work with youth, especially in schools. Blackburn vividly illustrates the toll homophobia takes on our children, both gay and straight. Moving beyond the ‘protect and punish’ model, Blackburn provides practitioners with concrete suggestions for making our schools more equitable and welcoming places where all learners can thrive." —
CJ Pascoe
, Department of Sociology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs

“Blackburn takes a stand as she demonstrates how her act of interrupting hate is facilitated by the promise, purpose, and power of literacy. Let us learn from these stories as we work to understand ways of mobilizing for positive, necessary, and urgent change for ourselves and with others in a world that has yet to embrace the promise of social justice, diversity, difference, and equity.” —
Valerie Kinloch
, Associate Professor, Literacy Studies, The Ohio State University

From the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0807752738
• ISBN 13: 9780807752739
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128