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The Queer Aesthetics of Childhood
By: Hannah Dyer
Podcast Interview
Hannah Dyer and Casey Mecija discuss Dyer's book, The Queer Aesthetics of Childhood: Asymmetries of Innocence and the Cultural Politics of Child Development. You can listen here. Other episodes of the SHCY podcast are available at our podcast website, or you can subscribe on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.
Hannah Dyer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Child & Youth Studies at Brock University. Casey Mecija is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at York University.
About Hannah Dyer
Hannah Dyer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Child & Youth Studies at Brock University. She is a critical theorist of childhood with concentration in art/aesthetics, critical theory, queer theory, and psychoanalysis. She is interested in how aesthetic and expressive cultures of childhood reframe relationships to political crises, historical traumas, sexuality, racialization, and social debates about belonging. While taking the child’s material vulnerabilities and pressing need for care into account, her work also emphasizes fantasy and futurity. Her book, The Queer Aesthetics of Childhood: Asymmetries of Innocence and the Cultural Politics of Child Development, was published by Rutgers University Press in 2020. Her writing has also been published in numerous edited collections and journals.
This post is part of the SHCY Featured Books series, which provides conversations about important contributions to the history of childhood and youth.