As I mentioned in an earlier post, this blog has come about in part because of a project I'm doing at school. I thought I'd post the project description and book list for your perusal, and I'd love any suggestions people have for other titles to include! Here it is:
Project description:
For this project, I will read
picture-books and novels written for children which offer representations of homosexuality
and queerness, both overt and coded. In order to provide myself a theoretical
framework, I will also read a small selection of relevant queer theory and
critical works.
I will
consider the ways in which these texts engage not only gender and sexuality,
but also identity politics, intersectionality, normativity, and the closet. I will
explore the ways in which these representations vary not only from work to work
and medium to medium (picture-book, novel, graphic novel) but also when
representing child or adult characters, and when intended for very young or for
middle-grade readerships.
WEEK 1 – kings and
queens
- Oscar Wilde: Fairy Tales
- Oscar Wilde, adapted into comics by P Craig Russell: Fairy Tales
- Brière-Haquet: La princesse qui n’aimait pas les princes
- Nijland: the King and King series
- Cornelia Funke: Princess Knight
WEEK 2 – euphemisms and implications
- Eve Sedgwick: “The Epistemology of the Closet”
- Carson Kressley: You're Different and That's Super
- Ashley Spires: Small Saul
- Rachel Vail: Piggy Bunny
- Lesléa Newman: The Boy Who Cried Fabulous
- Harvey Fierstein: The Sissy Duckling
- Tomie dePaola: Oliver Button Is a Sissy
WEEK 3 – the queerness around us
- Godon: Hello, Sailor
- Richardson: And Tango Makes Three
- Scotto: Jérôme par coeur
- Lesléa Newman: Gloria Goes to Gay Pride
WEEK 4 – queer families, week 1
- Ford: “Why Lesléa Newman Makes Heather into Zoe”
- Todd Parr: selected picture books
- Lesléa Newman: selected picture books
- Combes: A B C: A Family Alphabet Book
WEEK 5 – queer families, week 2
- Patricia Polacco: In Our Mothers’ House
- Ken Setterington: Mom and Mum Are Getting Married!
- Elwin: Asha’s Mums
- Brannen: Uncle Bobby’s Wedding
- Cory Silverberg: What Makes a Baby
- Garden: Molly’s Family
- Willhoite: Daddy’s Roommate
WEEK 6 – gender independence
- Zolotow: William’s Doll
- Ewert: 10,000 Dresses
- Kilodavis: My Princess Boy
- Gould: X: a fabulous child’s story
- Hughes: No Girls Allowed
- David Walliams: The Boy in the Dress
WEEK 7 – Baum & Barrie
- Pugh: "There lived in the Land of Oz..."
- Lauren Berlant: “Live Sex Acts (Parental Advisory: Explicit Material).”
- L Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- James M Barrie: Peter Pan
WEEK 8 – Louise Fitzhugh
- Louise Fitzhugh: Harriet the Spy
- Louise Fitzhugh: Nobody’s Family is Going to Change
- Bernstein: “The Queerness of Harriet the Spy”
WEEK 9 – contemporary queer kids’ novels, week 1
- James Howe: The Misfits
- James Howe: Totally Joe
- Tim Federle: Better Nate Than Ever
WEEK 10 – contemporary queer kids’ novels, week 2
- Glen Huser: Stitches
- E L Konigsburg: Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
- Robinson: “Lovebugs and Queer Boys in E. L. Konigsburg’s...”
WEEK 11 – contemporary queer kids’ novels, week 3
- McCaughrean: The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
- Gennari: My Mixed-up Berry-Blue Summer
WEEK 12 – queer comics for kids
- Raina Telgemeier: Drama
- Ryan North: Adventure Time
- Joey Comeau: Bravest Warriors
In theory, you should be able to expect a reading response-type post on each of these works from me by Christmas!
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