"Don't be so gay!". Queers, bullying, and making schools safe.

Autor/in	Short, Donn
Titel	"Don't be so gay!". Queers, bullying, and making schools safe.
Quelle	Vancouver: UBC Press (2013), XIII, 289 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Law and society series Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Beigaben	Illustrationen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISSN	1496-4953
ISBN	9780774823265; 9780774823272
Schlagwörter	Ontario; Kanada; Bullying in schools; Case studies; Fallstudie; Toronto; Homophobia in high schools; Gay high school students; Social conditions; Prevention; Government policy; Intimidation dans les écoles; Études de cas; Homophobie dans les écoles; Élèves du secondaire homosexuels; Conditions sociales; Prévention; Politique gouvernementale; Erziehung + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bullying; Mobbing; School; Schools; Schule; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Homophobia; High school; High schools; Homophobie; Oberschule; Homosexual; High Schools; Student; Students; Homosexueller; Schüler; Schülerin; Soziale Bedingung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Regierungspolitik; Social conditions; Government policy
Abstract	Participants : schools, students, and teachers -- Introduction : navigating safe and equitable schools -- Safe schools : the struggle for control and the quest for social justice -- How schools conceptualize safety : control, security, equity, social justice -- Not keeping a straight face : heteronormativity and the hidden curriculum -- Obstacles to the implementation of equity policies -- The long arm of the law? : mapping (other) normative orders in youth culture -- Barriers to the effectiveness of state law -- Conclusion. Drawing on interviews with queer youth and their allies in the Toronto area, the author considers the effectiveness of safe school legislation and concludes that the current legislation is often more responsive than proactive.; "Recent cases of teen suicide linked with homophobic bullying have thrust the issue of school safety into the national spotlight. In "Don't Be So Gay!" Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe, Donn Short considers the effectiveness of safe school legislation. Drawing on interviews with queer youth and their allies in the Toronto area, Short concludes that current legislation is often more responsive than proactive. Moreover, cultural influences and peer pressure may be more powerful than legislation in shaping the school environment. Exploring how students' own experiences, ideas, and definitions of safety might be translated into policy reform, this book offers a fresh perspective on a hotly debated issue."--Page 4 of cover.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2015/3/09