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Family And Social Roles In Queer Children's Literature, Nicolas Toscana Brouhard
Family And Social Roles In Queer Children's Literature, Nicolas Toscana Brouhard
Student Research Symposium
This research investigates family and social roles in queer children's literature. It provides a thematic analysis of popular titles published during the last decade. It argues that heteronormative and queer-identified protagonists in these stories have identical values concerning family and society. The analysis includes "In Our Mother's House" by Patricia Polacco, "And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, "King & King" by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland, and "Donovan’s Big Day" by Leslea Newman. The analysis focuses on how characters relationships and their commitments to each other such as weddings. It also explores how they take …
The Significance Of A Distinction Between A Sexual Act And A Sexual Identity, Nirvana Fairbanks
The Significance Of A Distinction Between A Sexual Act And A Sexual Identity, Nirvana Fairbanks
Student Research Symposium
This paper describes the distinction between a sexual act and a sexual identity as seen in different cultural contexts with regard to male homosexuality. It describes differences in how homosexual behavior is interpreted culturally. It discusses how more value is placed on certain sexual acts while there is less focus on a sexual identity and vice versa. For example, in Latin American culture, if two men are sexually involved with one another, it is the acts they perform that dictate how they are viewed, rather than the fact that they are two men engaging in sex together. In Western culture, …