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Mary Zaborskis, "Queer Childhoods: Institutional Futures of Indigeneity, Race, and Disability" (NYU Press, 2024)

New Books in Disability Studies

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Navigating Identity: Hygiene and Sexuality in Education

This chapter examines the historical implications of hygiene education for African-American children at the Manassas Industrial School, linking it to themes of identity and sexuality as portrayed in the play 'Choir Boy'. It also analyzes the impact of Native American boarding schools on indigenous understandings of gender and kinship, focusing on the narrative in 'Kiss of the Fur Queen' and the concept of 'sexual orphaning'.

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