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Curiouser: On The Queerness Of Children
Steven Bruhm
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Description for Curiouser: On The Queerness Of Children
Paperback. Editor(s): Bruhm, Steven; Hurley, Natasha. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; JFC; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Classic essays and new work on the issue of childhood sexuality and its “queer resonances”
Our culture has a dominant narrative about children: they are (and should stay) innocent of sexual desires and intentions. At the same time, children are officially, tacitly, assumed to be heterosexual. Curiouser is a book about this narrative and what happens when it takes an unexpected, or queer, turn—when the stories of childhood must confront a child whose play does not conform to the ideal of child (a)sexuality.
The contributors to Curiouser examine the ostensibly simple representations of children that circulate through visual images, life narrative, children’s ... Read moreContributors: Lauren Berlant, U of Chicago; Andre Furlani, Concordia U; Judith Halberstam, U of California, San Diego; Ellis Hanson, Cornell U; Paul Kelleher; Kathryn R. Kent, Williams College; James R. Kincaid, U of Southern California; Richard D. Mohr, U of Illinois, Urbana; Michael Moon, Johns Hopkins U; Kevin Ohi, Boston College; Eric Savoy, U of Montreal; Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, CUNY Graduate Center; Kathryn Bond Stockton, U of Utah; Michael Warner, Rutgers U. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816642021
SKU
V9780816642021
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About Steven Bruhm
Natasha Hurley has taught children’s literature and queer theory at Mount St. Vincent University and St. Mary’s University in Halifax.
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