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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337748303321

Autore

Sullivan Ashley L

Titolo

Voices of Transgender Children in Early Childhood Education : Reflections on Resistance and Resiliency / / by Ashley L. Sullivan, Laurie L. Urraro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 239 p. 14 illus., 9 illus. in color.)

Collana

Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood, , 2731-6378

Disciplina

372.21

370.8664

Soggetti

Early childhood education

Family policy

Queer theory

Educational sociology

Sociology

Social groups

Human rights

Early Childhood Education

Children, Youth and Family Policy

Queer Studies

Sociology of Education

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Human Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Trans Who? Understanding Transgender Children -- 2. Being Young and Trans in School -- 3. Theory, History, and Realities of Transgender Individuals -- 4. Hiding in the Open: Portraits of Trans Partners (Birth-Eight) -- 5. Spaces, Places, Faces - Erases and Embraces: Actions and Experiences of the Trans Child Within Normative Frameworks -- 6. Art Studios Versus Locker Rooms: Safe and Unsafe Places for Trans Children -- 7. Focusing the lens: Theoretical Perspectives of Body



Normalization -- 8. Where Do We Go From Here? Dos and Don'ts When Working with Trans Children.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores transgender children and internalized body normalization in early childhood education settings, steeped in critical methodologies including post-structuralism, queer theory, and feminist approaches. The book marries theory and praxis, submitting to current and future teachers a text that not only presents authentic narratives about trans children in early childhood education, but also analyzes the forces at work behind gender policing, gender segregation, and transphobic education policies. As the struggles and triumphs of trans individuals have reached a watershed moment in the social fabric of the United States, this text offers a snapshot into the lives of ten transgender people as they reflect on their earliest memories in the American educational system.