University of Wisconsin Milwaukee UWM Digital Commons Theses and Dissertations May 2014 The Ordinary Trip: Heteronormativity and Homophobia in Young Adult Literature from 1969 to 2009 Laurie Barth Walczak University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, and the Modern Literature Commons Recommended Citation Barth Walczak, Laurie, "The Ordinary Trip: Heteronormativity and Homophobia in Young Adult Literature from 1969 to 2009" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 856. https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/856 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE ORDINARY TRIP: HETERONORMATIVITY AND HOMOPHOBIA IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE FROM 1969 TO 2009 by Laurie Barth Walczak A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In English at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee May 2014 ABSTRACT THE ORDINARY TRIP: HETERONORMATIVITY AND HOMOPHOBIA IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE FROM 1969 TO 2009 by Laurie Barth Walczak The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2014 Under the Supervision of Professor Donna Pasternak This dissertation eXamines books published for and marketed toward teen readers as cultural products and artifacts with the potential and the power to help shape young readers’ ideas and understandings of the world, culture, and society around them in order to identify and investigate hegemonic forces or ideological apparatuses at play in young adult literature.