Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, Maria Salvia. Paper closets: heterosexism in the textbooks of Spanish as a foreign language. Ex aequo [online]. 2017, n.36, pp.99-115. ISSN 0874-5560.  https://doi.org/10.22355/exaequo.2017.36.06.

The aim of this paper is to analyse the representation of sexuality in Spanish as a Foreign Language coursebooks, highlighting the role of books in the perpetuation, both directly and indirectly, of heterosexist and LGBTphobic stereotypes and values. Thus a corpus, consisting of a current selection of Spanish textbooks, has been chosen with the aim of examining the treatment given to linguistic contents. The research posits a theoretical basis which explores the relevance of Otherness in curricular documents - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and Curricular Plan of the Cervantes Institute (IPPC) -, the importance of affective factors in order to succeed in language learning and, essentially, the subversive potential of queer pedagogy.

Keywords : Queer theory; sexual orientation; LGBT; Spanish as a Foreign Language; coursebooks.

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