Moving across Differences

Mollie V. Blackburn is Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Theoretical, Empirical, and Contextual1. Moving with Respect to Sexual Diversity in Classroom Encounters2. Moving with Respect to Gender Diversity in Classroom Encounters3. Moving with Respect to Racial Diversity in Classroom Encounters4. Moving with Respect to Religion in Classroom Encounters5. Moving with Respect to Families in Classroom Encounters6. Moving, (For)Giving, and Ethical Classroom EncountersConclusion: Moving and Giving toward Ethical EncountersAppendix: Research MethodologyReferencesIndex

"While previous scholarship has examined students' engagement with LGBTQ+-themed literature in a queer-friendly context outside of school, this book breaks new ground in focusing on a high school classroom. Blackburn provides a truly unique, in-depth account of students' explorations of their complex identities—identities that bridge race, religion, and family as well as gender and sexuality." — Amanda Haertling Thein, coauthor of Identity-Focused ELA Teaching: A Curriculum Framework for Diverse Learners and Contexts"So many things to love about this book, from the vivid portraits of queer pedagogies and their contradictions, to the intersectional analyses of teens learning and growing together, to the illuminating use of encounter, ethics, movement, and giving as frames for teaching and learning. In Moving across Differences, Mollie Blackburn invites us into her classrooms to witness the troubling, anti-oppressive potential of LGBTQ+-themed literature, and leaves us with tools, guidance, and inspiration for profound change." — Kevin Kumashiro, author of Surrendered: Why Progressives Are Losing the Biggest Battles in Education