TY - BOOK ID - 101309852 TI - Queer literacies : discourses and discontents PY - 2019 SN - 9781793617835 9781793617811 179361783X 1793617813 PB - Lanham : Lexington Books, DB - UniCat KW - Théorie queer. KW - Queer theory. KW - Literacy. KW - Théorie queer. KW - Queer-Theorie KW - Sexual minorities KW - American literature KW - Gender identity in literature KW - Homophobia in literature KW - Homosexuality in literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101309852 AB - "In a documentarian investigation of major LGBTQ archives in the United States, Queer Literacies: Discourses and Discontents identifies the homophobic discourses that prevailed in the twentieth century by the discursive forces that sponsored the nation's literacy acquisition. Mark McBeth tracks down the evidence of how these sponsors of literacy--families, teachers, librarians, doctors, scientists, and government agents--instituted heteronormative platforms upon which public discourses were constructed. After pinpointing and analyzing how this disparaging rhetoric emerged, McBeth examines how certain LGBTQ advocates took counter-literacy measures to upend and replace those discourses with more Queer-affirming articulations." -- ER -