"You're Wearing Kurt's Necklace!"

Adolescents often bring popular culture into school, but often these literacies are not embraced or taught in the English classroom. The author makes the case for using Glee in the classroom by demonstrating its persuasive power to disrupt heteronormative notions of gender and sexuality with teens....

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Published in:Journal of adolescent & adult literacy 2013-12, Vol.57 (4), p.289-297
Main Author: Falter, Michelle M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
and materials
College/university students
Critical analysis
Critical literacy
Critical pedagogy
Digital/media literacies
Early adolescence
Feminist
Gender issues
Gender issues, sexual orientation
Internet
methods
Motivation/engagement
music
New literacies
Popular culture
Poststructuralism
sexual orientation
Specific media (hypertext
Specific media (hypertext, Internet, film, music, TELEVISION.)
Strategies
Strategies, methods, and materials
TELEVISION.
Theoretical perspectives
Visual literacy
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Summary:Adolescents often bring popular culture into school, but often these literacies are not embraced or taught in the English classroom. The author makes the case for using Glee in the classroom by demonstrating its persuasive power to disrupt heteronormative notions of gender and sexuality with teens. The author uses a feminist rhetorical analysis, rooted in Judith Butler's notions of gender performativity, and parody as a subversive tool, to closely examine the characters, actions, and dialogue in one LGBT‐themed Glee episode. The article concludes with implications for teachers, LGBT youth, and non‐LGBT youth and offers recommendations for using Glee to discuss bullying, stereotyping, and marginalization through media literacy practices. As people become more accepting of marginalized groups, the article asserts that schools need to mirror those changes within classroom walls. FREE author podcast
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706
DOI:10.1002/jaal.243