Are the Kids All Right? by B.J. Epstein is the first survey of
English-language children's literature that features lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer characters. It explores
how LGBTQ characters are portrayed and what this says about
contemporary society and it covers picture books, middle-grade
books, and young adult fiction. Epstein explores why sex, sexuality
and gender non-conformity is something that many writers and
publishers of children's and young adult lit appear to shy away
from. She passionately demonstrates that the information children
get from literature matters, and that so called 'difficult' topics
can be communicated in entertaining and informative ways. Are the
Kids All Right? uses ideas from queer theory and other research to
interrogate the ways LGBTQ characters are portrayed in books for
children and young people, and to analyse what messages readers of
such books might receive. This book brings together literary
studies, sociology, queer studies, and other academic fields in an
accessible manner, where the research supports the detailed
analyses of over fifty books for children and young adults. In Are
the Kids All Right?, Epstein looks at a range of topics, such as
the lack of diversity in many of these works, how same-sex marriage
is portrayed, the relative absence of bisexual and transgender
characters, the way that many of these books are marketed and
intended as "issue books," and more. Are the Kids All Right? is a
practical and informative book that will inspire writers and
publishers to produce better LGBTQ literature for young readers.
About the author: B.J. Epstein is the author of over 150 articles,
book reviews, personal essays, and short stories. She is lecturer
in Literature and Public Engagement at the University of East
Anglia, and she is also a translator from the Scandinavian
languages to English.
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