Queer Joy in Theory and Practice

JJ Wright is an assistant professor of sociology and gender studies at MacEwan University and the co-editor of COVID and Campus Sexual and Gendered Violence (Peter Lang, forthcoming).Casey Burkholder is Tier II Canada Research Chair and an associate professor at Concordia University and the co-editor of Facilitating visual socialities: Enacting ethical practices in visual research facilitation (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023).

• Chapter 1: Queer Joy as Resistance: Radical Praxis for Queer Worldbuilding and Collective Liberation, JJ Wright and Casey BurkholderPart 1: Theorizing Queer Joy as EpistemologyChapter 2: "The Loving Queer Gaze:" The Epistemological Significance of Queer Joy, JJ Wright and Joshua FalekChapter 3: Indigiqueer Joy as Resistance, Autumn Asher BlackDeerChapter 4: Did Trauma Make Me Gay?: Finding Joy Through Queerness in the Aftermath of Trauma, Alessia MastrorilloChapter 5: Where Do We Exist?: A Call to Queercrip Joy in Public Space Through Stimming, Jana L. Pickart and Scarlett BarclayChapter 6: "It Was the Happiest Moments of My Life": Tomboy Joy in International Radicalized and (Gender)Queer Contexts, Cassandra Jean JosephPart II: The Queer Affects of Pedagogical PraxisChapter 7: Let's Have a Human Rights Kiki: Unsettling Settler Colonial Influence with Queer and Indigenous Joy, Paul David TerryChapter 8: Joy as a Soft Horizon: Resisting Queer Erasure in Neoliberal Times, Wendasha Hall, Adam Davies, and Cameron GreensmithChapter 9: "There Wasn't Any Tension, But It Wasn't In A Way That Was Good:" Killing Queer Joy in English Higher Education, Pippa SterkChapter 10: Nurturing Literacies of Joy: Pedagogical Practices for Supporting Queer, Transgender, and Diverse Students in Canadian High Schools, Macaulay MauroChapter 11: Harmful Allyship and Queer Joy at New Brunswick's Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melissa KeehnChapter 12: Unearthing Black Queer and Trans Joy Through Black Queer Feminism, William E. Shelton IIPart III: Archiving Affects: Tracing Queer Joy Through Art and ActivismChapter 13: Care Boi Stare: Shining Joy in t4t Projection Activism, Evie Johnny RuddyChapter 14: The Threads that Bind Us: Lessons on Care and Resilience in a Queer Embroidery Circle, Brock Whitman DishartChapter 15: Learning from Queer Failure: Using Counter-Narratives and Sangat (Community of Faith) Against Invisibilization, Manjot Multani, prabhdeep singh kehal, Karmine KaurChapter 16: Picturing Joy: Queer Affects, Futurity, and the Possibilities of Picturebooks, Darby M. Babin and Shoshana MagnetChapter 17: Queer Joy in Carnival: A Pathway to Collective Liberation, Brian BoycePart IV: The Queer Joy of Home and Chosen FamilyChapter 18: Queer Joy and Playful Homing Practice: Drawing on Notes from and Island by Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä, Harry Ainscough and Emilie BessingChapter 19: Queer Parenting as Resistance, Amelia Eppel and Kristen O'SullivanChapter 20: Cops, Confetti, and Community: Reflections on Queer Joy and Resistance in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Amelia ThorpeChapter 21: Conclusion: Holding onto Queer Joy amidst Mounting Anti-2SLGBTQ Conditions, Casey Burkholder and JJ WrightContributor BiographiesIndex