Overview
- Marries both theory and praxis and captures the authentic narratives of trans individuals in the early elementary school system
- Includes discussions about maximum control over the physical body, safe spaces, restrictive curriculum methods, and public humiliation in the context of the school setting
- Explores Foucault’s normalization of the body theory
Part of the book series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood (CCSC)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ashley L. Sullivan is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Penn State Behrend, USA. Her research focuses on young transgender children in early education settings, children’s literature containing transgender characters, children in poverty, reconceptualist methodologies, and kindergarten “readiness.”
Laurie L. Urraro is Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish at Penn State Behrend, USA. She teaches language and culture classes. Her research focuses on contemporary female-authored Spanish drama, gender and sexuality, and women’s issues.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Voices of Transgender Children in Early Childhood Education
Book Subtitle: Reflections on Resistance and Resiliency
Authors: Ashley L. Sullivan, Laurie L. Urraro
Series Title: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13483-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13482-2Published: 11 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13485-3Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13483-9Published: 29 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2731-636X
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6378
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 239
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Queer Theory, Sociology of Education, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights