Research in the Teaching of English May 2003

Exploring Literacy Performances and Power Dynamics at The Loft: Queer Youth Reading the World and the Word

Mollie Blackburn

Abstract

This study draws on queer theory, critical feminism, Critical Race Theory, and New Literacy Studies to explore the ways in which queer youth read and wrote words and worlds in ways that both challenged and reinforced power dynamics in and beyond a youth-run center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.

Journal
Research in the Teaching of English
Published
2003-05-01
DOI
10.58680/rte20031781
Open Access
Closed
Topics
literacy studies race and writing gender and writing

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