Queer(ing) Literature in the Secondary English Classroom (original) (raw)

In this article, the author outlines a vision for queer-inclusive critical multiculturalism to be used as a framework for the teaching of queer young adult literature. Classroom anecdotes, teacher reflections, and numerous novels are explored through this framework. The author advocates for expanding the body of literature taught to secondary English students to include queer-inclusive titles, and to position that literature as artifacts of and sites for the exploration of social construction and interaction, making moves toward more adequately meeting the academic, intellectual, social, and civic needs of all students. For this article, Cammie Kim Lin was awarded the 2014 Nilsen-Donelson Award for best article published in The ALAN Review during a particular volume year, in recognition of excellence in scholarship in the field of young adult literature.