Youth and Sexualities: Pleasure, Subversion, and Insubordination in and Out of Schools

by Eric Rofes and Susan Talburt

Book Overview

A new collection that addresses the problematic pathologization of queer youth, this book argues that the majority of educators and youth workers still know little about queer youth's negotiations of identity and community. The contributors examine the dangerous effects of heteronormalizing practices, and look at how young people negotiate labels and stereotypes in and out of school settings. What makes this project unique is that the contributors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403964882
• ISBN13: 9781403964885
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 7.8"