Journal article
Queer Civics, Hermeneutical Injustice, and the Cis‐Straight Nation‐State: Reading the Illusion of LGBTQ + Inclusion through the (Queer) Child
Educational theory, Vol.74(5), pp.639-661
10/2024
DOI: 10.1111/edth.12668
Abstract
Abstract In this article, James Joshua Coleman and Jon Wargo interrogate the (queer) child as a concept and specter that haunts civic life in the United States. Whereas scholars across a range of fields and standpoints have questioned the value of LGBTQ+ inclusion in public school curricula, and society more broadly, together Coleman and Wargo wonder at the capacity of civics education to include queer (as opposed to LGBTQ+) citizens within the cis‐straight nation‐state. To explore this possibility, they read across two bills: (1) H.R. 9197 (Stop the Sexualization of Children Act), and (2) Illinois House Bill 246 (Inclusive Curriculum Law). In so doing, they highlight how the (Queer) Child operates as an organizing binary logic within these bills and examine how hermeneutical injustice impedes the formation of a truly queer civics education. Specifically, Coleman and Wargo demonstrate how hermeneutical injustice limits the nature of inclusion for LGBTQ+ citizens, both for exclusionary, anti‐LGBTQ+ policy and for seemingly inclusive legislation. Pointing to scenes that demonstrate hermeneutical justice and queer survivance, they conclude by suggesting the construction of a queer civics education that stands outside the binary logics of the cis‐straight nation‐state.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Queer Civics, Hermeneutical Injustice, and the Cis‐Straight Nation‐State: Reading the Illusion of LGBTQ + Inclusion through the (Queer) Child
- Creators
- James Joshua Coleman - Arizona State UniversityJon M. Wargo - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Educational theory, Vol.74(5), pp.639-661
- Publisher
- WILEY
- DOI
- 10.1111/edth.12668
- ISSN
- 0013-2004
- eISSN
- 1741-5446
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 11/14/2024
- Date published
- 10/2024
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984749560002771
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