Beyond Mere Representation in the Classroom: Finding and Teaching Literature by and About LGBTQ+ Authors.

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Title:	Beyond Mere Representation in the Classroom: Finding and Teaching Literature by and About LGBTQ+ Authors.
Authors:	BITTNER, ROBERT¹ r.bittner@rocketmail.com
Source:	Journal of Children's Literature. Fall2020, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p36-47. 12p.
Subject Terms:	Young adults, Teaching, *Young adult literature, LGBTQ+ literature, LGBTQ+ authors, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ people, Identity (Psychology)
Abstract:	The article discusses LGBTQ+ identities complicate the ways in #OwnVoices has deployed in literary analysis and author studies. Topics include educators, librarians, and researchers maintain a fraught relationship with authorship, authors have expected to perform a dual role as both writer and public performer; and debates around authorship and #OwnVoices has inform understanding, as educators, of the complex relationship between authors.
Database:	Education Research Complete

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Abstract:	The article discusses LGBTQ+ identities complicate the ways in #OwnVoices has deployed in literary analysis and author studies. Topics include educators, librarians, and researchers maintain a fraught relationship with authorship, authors have expected to perform a dual role as both writer and public performer; and debates around authorship and #OwnVoices has inform understanding, as educators, of the complex relationship between authors.
ISSN:	15217779