Queer Studies and Education: Nordic Insights on Queer and Transgender Students

Kjaran, Jón Ingvar

This book sheds light on how sexuality and gender intersect in producing heteronormativity within the school system in Iceland. In spite of recent support for progressive policies regarding sexual and gender equality in the country, there remains a discrepancy between policy and practice with respect to LGBTQ rights and attitudes within the school system. This book draws on ethnographic data and interviews with LGBTQ students in high schools across the country and reveals that, although Nordic countries are sometimes portrayed as queer utopias, the school system in Iceland has a long road ahead in making schools more inclusive for all students.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-02-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137533326

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-53333-3

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 243