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Discovering your own LGBTQ voice: A look at queer children’s literature and their use in the Puerto Rican classroom

dc.contributor.advisor Vicente, Nancy V.
dc.contributor.author Acevedo-Velázquez, Gabriel T.
dc.contributor.college College of Arts and Sciences - Arts en_US
dc.contributor.committee Rivera, Rosita L.
dc.contributor.committee Acosta Lugo, Maribel
dc.contributor.department Department of English en_US
dc.contributor.representative Romero, Juan R.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-01-26T19:06:02Z
dc.date.available 2018-01-26T19:06:02Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.description.abstract Genders, identity, alongside portrayals of the LGBTQ community, are highly intertwined in And Tango Makes Three and King & King. The publication of Children’s Queer Literature has always been surrounded by controversy, especially when being incorporated in the classroom. However, this genre of literature has become part of pedagogical contexts because of its relation to real life occurrences and society in general. This research seeks to justify the integration of the aforementioned texts in the Puerto Rican classroom as a tool for students and teachers to empathize, understand and analyze the LGBTQ spectrum. Through an analysis of the texts this research aims for students to challenge heteronormative norms, binaries established and embedded in society. Through Judith Butlers understanding and exploration of gender, Warner’s views on heteronormativity and Jagose and Sedgwick’s notions of queerness we explore how theses texts are richly embedded with LGBTQ themes, enough to not conform to heteronormative rules in the classroom. Lastly, teachers are provided with a working framework towards the use of these specific texts in the classroom through the creation of lesson plans based on the Curriculum Maps provided by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico.
dc.description.abstract Géneros, identidad, al igual que la representación de la comunidad LGBTQ esta presentada en los textos And Tango Makes Three y King & King. La publicación de textos con temática homosexual para niños siempre ha estado rodeada de controversia, específicamente cuando tales textos son incorporados dentro del salón de clases. Sin embargo, tal género de literatura se ha convertido en parte de contextos educativos dado a la relación con situaciones verídicas en la sociedad en general. Esta tesis busca justificar la integración, de los textos antes mencionados, en la sala de clases en Puerto Rico como una herramienta para que el estudiante y el maestro entienda y analice el contexto LGBTQ. Basado en un análisis de los textos presentados esta investigación tiene como objetivo que el estudiante rete las normas heteronormativas establecidas y practicadas en la sociedad. Basado en Judith Butler, su entendimiento y exploración de género, Michael Warner y sus definiciones sobre la heteronormatividad y la postura de Annamarie Jagose y Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick sobre términos de homosexualidad exploramos como los textos no presentan la oportunidad para no educar sus temas LGBTQ a los estudiantes en su totalidad. Para finalizar, los educadores son provistos con un marco de trabajo práctico para el uso de estos textos en el salón de clases, basado en los Mapas Curriculares del Departamento de Educación en Puerto Rico.
dc.description.graduationSemester Summer en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/222
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights.holder (c) 2016 Gabriel Teodoro Acevedo Velázquez en_US
dc.rights.license All rights reserved en_US
dc.subject LGBTQ en_US
dc.subject Children's literature en_US
dc.subject Sexual minorities en_US
dc.subject Curriculum evaluation en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Sexual minorities in literature -- Study and teaching -- Puerto Rico en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Minorities in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Homosexuality and education -- Puerto Rico en_US
dc.title Discovering your own LGBTQ voice: A look at queer children’s literature and their use in the Puerto Rican classroom en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline English Education en_US
thesis.degree.level M.A.E.E. en_US
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