Critical Literacy, the Imagination Gap, and the Affective Lives of Queer Educators
Thomas, Ebony E
University of Pennsylvania
2020
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Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
2020
A narrative inquiry project, Restorying Painful Histories foregrounds the effects of growing up in a world without self-representation in childhood. Specifically, this project attends to the aftereffects of misrepresentation and representational absence upon the imagination of queer educators. Addressing what Ebony Elizabeth Thomas describes as an "imagination gap" in adulthood, this project draws upon theories of critical literacy, queer studies, and affect studies as it invites queer educators to "restory" past experiences of queerphobia (i.e., a "painful history" of their choosing).