Disputing the Subject of Sex

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Disputing the Subject of Sex is written by Cris Mayo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0742526585 (ISBN 10) and 9780742526587 (ISBN 13).

Sexuality remains a hotly debated subject, nowhere more so than in education. This perceptive and balanced book shows that discussions of sexuality and schooling can be simultaneously polarizing and democratizing. Disputing the Subject of Sex considers controversies over sex, AIDS, and gay-inclusive multicultural education, which offer especially fruitful opportunities to explore instances when community membership, schooling, and sexuality have collided. Rather than choosing sides, this book uses case studies, interviews with queer youth, and analysis of curricular texts to help readers understand how power dynamics play out in educational controversies, and how they can guide us to new ideas about students' abilities to learn and relate ethically to one another about the subject of sex.