Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood

Jessica Prioletta is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Bishop’s University, Canada.Adam Davies is Assistant Professor in the College of Arts/College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.Kylie Smith is Professor in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Rethinking Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood,Jessica Prioletta (Bishop’s University, Canada) (Bishop’s University, Canada), Adam Davies (University of Guelph, Canada), Kylie Smith (University of Melbourne, Australia)Part 1: Theories1. Post-Developmentalism, Nicole Land (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)2. Childhood Innocence, Gender and Sexuality, Julie C. Garlen and Brittany Crane (Carleton University, Canada)3. Feminist Poststructuralism, Genders, and Sexualities in Early Childhood Education, Sue Grieshaber, Jennifer Stevens-Ballenger, and Elise Hunkin (La Trobe University, Australia)4. Queer and Trans Theories in Childhood, Adam Davies (University of Guelph, Canada), Harny Chan Lim (University of Toronto, Canada), and Jessica Prioletta (Bishop’s University, Canada)5. Feminist Posthumanism and New Materialism in Early Childhood, Jessica Prioletta (Bishop’s University, Canada) and Adam Davies (University of Guelph, Canada)6. Queer Indigenous Theories of Childhood: Intersections of Race, Colonialism, and Gender, Nicole Ineese-Nash (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) and Kaitlyn Wilcox (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)7. Postcolonial Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality in Young Children, Shipra Suneja (Azim Premji University, India) and Radhika Viruru (Texas A&M University, USA) 8. Anti-Colonial Theories, JP Craig and Fikile Nxumalo (University of Toronto, Canada)9. Black Feminism in Early Childhood and Care, Janelle Brady (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) Part 2: Doing Research10.Entangled with(in) Ethics, Margaret Coady (University of Melbourne, Australia), Adam Davies (University of Guelph, Canada), Jessica Prioletta (Bishop’s University, Canada) and Kylie Smith (University of Melbourne, Australia) 11. Reflections on a Critical Child-Centred Ethnography toward Learning Gender and Sexuality in Primary School, Emmanuel Mayeza (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)12. Acts of Everyday Stretching: Post-Qualitative Inquiry into Gender, Barbies and Fashion in the Early Childhood Studio, Casey Myers (Independent Scholar)13. Drawing on Girls’ Drawings: Tracing Male Domination in Kindergarten Play Spaces, Jessica Prioletta (Bishop’s University, Canada) 14. Researching Parent and Teacher Advocacy for Genderqueer Children in the Early Years: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Alexandra C. Gunn (University of Otago College of Education, New Zealand) and Janice Kroeger (Kent State University, USA)15. Action Research, Anne Farrelly, Kylie Smith and Cassie Kotsanas (University of Melbourne, Australia) 16. How Gender comes to Matter: Tracing Matter, Space, Place, Time and Affect in Early Childhood Research, Jayne Osgood and Sid Mohandas (Middlesex University, UK)Part 3: Transformative Practices17. Building Culturally Safe Early Childhood Spaces for Gender and Sexuality Diverse Children and their Families, Kerry H. Robinson and Cristyn Davies (Western Sydney University, Australia)18. LGBTQ2SIA in the Early Years Classroom, Pam Malins (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)19. Using Counter-Narratives to Explore Race, Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood, Claudine Lam and Kylie Smith (University of Melbourne, Australia)20. Exploring Anti-Racist Approaches for Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Early Childhood, Alana Butler (Queen’s University, Canada), Adam Davies (University of Guelph, Canada), and Jessica Prioletta (Bishop’s University, Canada)21. A Feminist New Materialist Lens on Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood: Insights from Australia, Indonesia, and New Zealand, Sonja Arndt (University of Melbourne, Australia), Vina Adriany (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia), and Marek Tesar (University of Melbourne, Australia)22. Teachers Troubling Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Early Childhood: A New Feminist Materialist Perspective, Raksha Janak (University of Pretoria, South Africa) and Deevia Bhana (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)23. Maddening and Queer/Trans Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education and Care, Adam Davies (University of Guelph, Canada)24. Gender and Sexuality Policies in Early Childhood, Dan Leach-McGill, Bruce Hurst, and Kylie Smith (University of Melbourne, Australia)25. Gender-Affirmative Parenting, Elizabeth Rahilly (Georgia Southern University, USA)26. Care Ethics and Sexuality Education in the Early Years: Approaching Gender and Sexuality through Care, Adam Davies (University of Guelph, Canada) and Brooke Richardson (Brock University, Canada)27. Sexual Health Education in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings, Jessica M. Phillips (University of Toronto, Canada)Conclusion: At the Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, and Early Childhood, Jessica Prioletta (Bishop’s University, Canada), Adam Davies (University of Guelph, Canada), Kylie Smith (University of Melbourne, Australia)Index

This essential book explores multiple perspectives, challenges assumptions, disrupts cisnormativity, and critiques developmentalist frameworks while exposing the colonial and racialised constructions of childhood, gender, and sexuality. It provides an invaluable foundation for transformative, identity-affirming approaches, equitable pedagogies, and critical practice.