{"product_id":"unmanageable-subjects-9780807020661","title":"Unmanageable Subjects","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn invitation to engage meaningfully with the experiences of trans and gender non-conforming children by reconsidering the organization of schools and classroom life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, there have been increasing political attacks on transgender young people and LGBT-affirming education in public schools. These attacks reflect a strong backlash to the fragile political gains made toward trans-affirming public education during the early 2000s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEducator and researcher Harper B. Keenan comes to this research as a white transgender adult who grew up as a gender non-conforming kid in a small, conservative, rural community on the border of Maryland and West Virginia. In this book, Keenan argues that trans people are positioned as \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eunmanageable subjects \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewithin the context of K-12 schools. This phrase has an intentional double meaning, referencing:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe treatment of transgender existence as a taboo topic\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ethe challenges trans and gender non-conforming children pose to the institutional and social regulation of gender.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeenan presents historical research, contemporary policy analysis, and data drawn from five kindergarten and first grade classrooms and one after school program in a large urban school district in Northern California. These case studies offer a vision of what is possible in educational environments that actively support LGBT children, families, and educators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstead of providing another neat-and-tidy “Trans 101” that prompts us to tinker with existing administrative and pedagogical structures, this book invites readers to engage meaningfully with the experiences of gender non-conforming children toward \u003ci\u003ereconsidering\u003c\/i\u003e the organization of schools and classroom life. Through evidence-based insights into the history of restrictive gender regulation in schools, Keenan showcases what can be done to cultivate greater gender freedom for all children at school.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62458636108163,"sku":"9780807020661","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780807020661.jpg?v=1787731692","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/unmanageable-subjects-9780807020661","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}