ABSTRACT

First Published in 2006, This is a special issue of the Journal of Language, Identity and Education, focusing on Queer Inquiry in Language Education from 2006. It presents articles raging from discourses of Heteronormality; queering Literacy teaching in Brazil; discussion gender and sexuality in Japan; and forum discussions from Australia.

chapter |19 pages

Constructing and Contesting Discourses of Heteronormativity

An Ethnographic Study of Youth in a Francophone High School in Canada

chapter |20 pages

Queering Literacy Teaching

Analyzing Gay-Themed Discourses in a Fifth-Grade Class in Brazil

chapter |16 pages

Discussing Gender and Sexuality in a Context-Appropriate Way

Queer Narratives in an EFL College Classroom in Japan

chapter |18 pages

On Coming Out and Coming Undone

Sexualities and Reflexivities in Language Education Research

part |12 pages

The Forum

chapter |12 pages

Responding to Students' Normative Questions About Gays

Putting Queer Theory Into Practice in an Australian ESL Class