Out of the closet and onto the playing field: Two decades of lesbian athletes in young adult literature

Cramer, Katherine Mason

Out of the closet and onto the playing field: Two decades of lesbian athletes in young adult literature

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Authors

Cramer, Katherine Mason

Issue Date

2014

Type

Article

Keywords

Gay identity , Lesbianism , Community identity , Young adult literature , Student athletes , Gender identity , Queer culture , Women , Softball

Citation

Mason, Katherine. Out of the closet and onto the playing field: Two decades of lesbian athletes in young adult literature.The English Journal, Vol. 104, No. 1 (September 2014), pp. 54-61

Abstract

Using the Identity Formation Model, the author examines the representation of lesbian athletes in young adult literature and suggests that students benefit from reading about characters with a range of sexual and gender identities

Publisher

National Council of Teachers of English

Series

English Journal
104(1)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10057/15777

ISSN

2161-8895

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Katherine Mason Cramer

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