Challenging normativity: experiences in queerifying the classroom

As English Studies researchers and teachers, our experience has shown that there continues to exist an urgent need to incorporate gender as a reading tool of literary texts to foster a non-discriminatory and equality perspective. Given the many advances in gender equality that have been achieved as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Requena Pelegrí, Teresa, López, Gemma (López Sánchez), Aaouinti-Haris, Asmaa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/218586
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218586
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Identitat de gènere
Masculinitat
Gender identity
Masculinity
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Sumario:As English Studies researchers and teachers, our experience has shown that there continues to exist an urgent need to incorporate gender as a reading tool of literary texts to foster a non-discriminatory and equality perspective. Given the many advances in gender equality that have been achieved as well as the rising backlash against such progressive moves that spread through Europe, our proposal is based on the “queerification of the classroom”, a notion defined as a transgressive initiative that effectively and systematically incorporates the deconstruction of normativity and fosters resistance to socially constructed assumptions about normativity and deviance.