Beyond Borders : Queer Eros and Ethos (Ethics) in LGBTQ Young Adult Literature

Essays and classroom lessons exploring queerness in young adult literature, for teachers and teacher educators.

Beyond Borders compiles essays from various authors who explore the queerness of young adult literature featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and questioning characters, some of it written by LGBTQ-identified authors. Alongside this, the book presents lessons for secondary English classrooms.

As queer theorists, the authors ask whether young adult literature can imagine other spaces, representations, ways of being, identifications, and inclusion of LGBTQ characters and stories. This collection examines questions of theory as well as classroom literacy practices, while employing new theories in novel and creative intersections with literary texts.

The book is perfect for teacher education courses focused on young adult literature, as well as secondary English education courses, including methods of teaching English, teaching literature methods, queer theory in education, teaching of writing, and content area literacy.