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Title: The All-Heterosexual World of Children’s Nonfiction: A Critical Content Analysis of LGBTQ Identities in Orbis Pictus Award Books, 1990-2017.
Authors: Crisp, Thomas1 tcrisp@gsu.edu, Gardner, Roberta Price2, Almeida, Matheus2
Source: Children's Literature in Education. Sep2018, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p246-263. 18p.
Subject Terms: *Children's literature, *Children's books, Orbis Pictus Award, Heterosexual identity, LGBTQ+ people
Abstract: Despite increased attention toward children’s nonfiction and informational texts in recent decades, there is still little research that investigates the ways in which various cultural identities are depicted in nonfiction children’s books. Focusing specifically on the 143 winners and honor recipients of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Literature for Children (1990-2017), this article reports the findings of a critical content analysis of depictions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) identified people in award-winning nonfiction youth literature. The authors look across this set of texts as a literary construction of the world, making explicit where and how LGBTQ people are visible in these award-winning books for young readers. By analyzing specific depictions of queer-identified people, the authors argue the creators of these books rely upon heteronormative constructions, queer erasure, and compulsory heterosexuality to minimize (and even eliminate) queerness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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