* Chapters bring together top and emerging scholars from around the world to examine the application of Freire's theories to literacy and language education in a range of settings globally Provides a comparative overview of the uptakes of Freire's language and literacy theories and methodological concepts * This book invites scholars and students to rethink multilingual literacy in contested standard language discourses

* Chapters bring together top and emerging scholars from around the world to examine the application of Freire's theories to literacy and language education in a range of settings globally Provides a comparative overview of the uptakes of Freire's language and literacy theories and methodological concepts * This book invites scholars and students to rethink multilingual literacy in contested standard language discourses

Focusing on the didactic nature of the work of Reinaldo Arenas, this book demonstrates the Cuban writer's influence as public pedagogue, mentor, and social activist whose teaching on resistance to normative ideologies resonates in societies past, present, and future. Through a multidisciplinary approach bridging educational, historiographic, and literary perspectives, The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas illuminates how Arenas's work remains a cutting-edge source of inspiration for today's audiences, particularly LGBTQI readers. It shows how Arenas's aesthetics contain powerful insights for exploring dissensus whether in the context of Cuba, broader Pan-American and Latinx-U.S. queer movements of social justice, or transnational citizenship politics. Carefully dissecting Arenas's themes against the backdrop of his political activity, this book presents the writer's poetry, novels, and plays as a curriculum of dissidence that provides models for socially engaged intellectual activism.