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From Bad Boy to Dead Boy: Homophobia, Adolescent Problem Fiction, and Male Bodies that Matter
2005
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[...] Rothbauer's list of such novels published in Canada totals only 15 titles, all published between 1989 and 2001, with a total of 26 central or supporting gay and lesbian characters (either adolescents or adults).2 Reminding us that \"the presence and the absence of homosexuality in fiction for young people have political implications\" surrounding the challenge to or reinforcement of heteronormativity (13), her investigation of the range of \"possibilities\" depicted by these characters leads to discouraging results: although these texts include a few strong female protagonists, young gay male characters-when they exist at all-are largely confined to secondary roles that rely on clichés of effeminacy, passivity, and self-hatred (15-19).
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