Theoretical studies in curriculum have begun to move into cultural studies--one vibrant and increasingly visible sector of which is queer theory. Queer Theory in Education brings together the most prominent and promising scholars in the field of education--primarily but not exclusively in curriculum--in the first volume on queer theory in education. In his perceptive introduction, the editor outlines queer theory as it is emerging in the field of education, its significance for all scholars and teachers, and its relation to queer theory in literacy theory and more generally, in the humanities.

Reviews

"William Pinar...has assembled a passionate, challenging and academically stretching collection of essays that both re-appropriate the term 'queer' and question the whole process of 'normalisation' in education. "
-The British Journal of Educational Psychology

"This is a profoundly North American book which does not skirt controversy. However, in my opinion it does effectively span the Atlantic well in connecting with the UK situation. It is also very rich and varied - sections of dense theory are tempered with lighter interludes on lesbian visibility in the cinema and HIV poetry."
-British Journal of Educational Psychology

"...[Pinar] has assembled a passionate, challenging and academically stretching collection of essagys that both re-appropriate the term 'queer' and question the whole process of 'normalisation' in education."
-British Journal of Educational Psychology

"Pinar and the contributors to this volume have given us a work of major proportions....Do not assume that queer theory limits its concerns to homophobia and gay and lesbian rights. It does not! Though these constitute major themes within the literature, the point of queer theory is to disrupt our comfortable notions of the normal/straight and the transgressive/queer....Queerness is about challenging conventional norms--sexual or otherwise--and is, therefore, connected to a plethora of oppositional politics. Consequently, perhaps, the promise of queer theory for education rests in its potential to open up dialogue among persons from many divergent subjective positions, enabling them to explore the possibilities of coalitional politics and networks of solidarity that could transcend our codified patterns of interest-group politics."
-David A. Gabbard
East Carolina University

Book Information
ISBN 9780805829211
Author William F. Pinar
Format Paperback
Page Count 408
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 544g