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The New Politics of the Textbook pp 129–148Cite as

Uncovering and Destabilizing Heteronormative Narratives in World History Textbooks

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As I write the introduction to this chapter, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is once again apologizing for his use of a gay slur toward NBA referee Bennie Adams. After being fined $100,000 by the league, Bryant responded that though the slur “wasn’t meant in the way it was perceived to be, [it] is nonetheless wrong, so it’s important to own that” (ESPNLosAngeles.com, 2011).

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Wylie, S.S. (2012). Uncovering and Destabilizing Heteronormative Narratives in World History Textbooks. In: Hickman, H., Porfilio, B.J. (eds) The New Politics of the Textbook. Constructing Knowledge, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-912-1_8

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