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Unmanageable Subjects (Trans Childhoods and the Challenge of Self-Determination in School)
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Product Details
Author:
Harper B. Keenan
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
168
Publisher:
Beacon Press (May 25, 2027)
Imprint:
Beacon Press
Release Date:
May 25, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780807020661
ISBN-10:
0807020664
Weight:
20oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
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RandomHouse
List Price:
$26.00
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
12
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$20.02
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P-RH
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Overview
An invitation to engage meaningfully with the experiences of trans and gender non-conforming children by reconsidering the organization of schools and classroom life
In recent years, there have been increasing political attacks on transgender young people and LGBT-affirming education in public schools. These attacks reflect a strong backlash to the fragile political gains made toward trans-affirming public education during the early 2000s.
Educator and researcher Harper B. Keenan comes to this research as a white transgender adult who grew up as a gender non-conforming kid in a small, conservative, rural community on the border of Maryland and West Virginia. In this book, Keenan argues that trans people are positioned as unmanageable subjects within the context of K-12 schools. This phrase has an intentional double meaning, referencing:
the treatment of transgender existence as a taboo topic the challenges trans and gender non-conforming children pose to the institutional and social regulation of gender.
Keenan presents historical research, contemporary policy analysis, and data drawn from five kindergarten and first grade classrooms and one after school program in a large urban school district in Northern California. These case studies offer a vision of what is possible in educational environments that actively support LGBT children, families, and educators.
Instead of providing another neat-and-tidy “Trans 101” that prompts us to tinker with existing administrative and pedagogical structures, this book invites readers to engage meaningfully with the experiences of gender non-conforming children toward reconsidering the organization of schools and classroom life. Through evidence-based insights into the history of restrictive gender regulation in schools, Keenan showcases what can be done to cultivate greater gender freedom for all children at school.
In recent years, there have been increasing political attacks on transgender young people and LGBT-affirming education in public schools. These attacks reflect a strong backlash to the fragile political gains made toward trans-affirming public education during the early 2000s.
Educator and researcher Harper B. Keenan comes to this research as a white transgender adult who grew up as a gender non-conforming kid in a small, conservative, rural community on the border of Maryland and West Virginia. In this book, Keenan argues that trans people are positioned as unmanageable subjects within the context of K-12 schools. This phrase has an intentional double meaning, referencing:
Keenan presents historical research, contemporary policy analysis, and data drawn from five kindergarten and first grade classrooms and one after school program in a large urban school district in Northern California. These case studies offer a vision of what is possible in educational environments that actively support LGBT children, families, and educators.
Instead of providing another neat-and-tidy “Trans 101” that prompts us to tinker with existing administrative and pedagogical structures, this book invites readers to engage meaningfully with the experiences of gender non-conforming children toward reconsidering the organization of schools and classroom life. Through evidence-based insights into the history of restrictive gender regulation in schools, Keenan showcases what can be done to cultivate greater gender freedom for all children at school.
