AustLit

'English teachers have always encountered moments in the classroom to talk about love. Whether this be courtly love, romantic love, patriotic love, or love of land and the environment, opportunities abound to talk about what we love, about loving, and about being loved, and about how these things are represented using language and other semiotic resources. It is fair to say though, that some kinds of love and ways of talking about love are more dominant than others, and that some genders and sexualities continue to be marginalised in English classrooms and across the school, both in our professional discourse as English teachers and in the conversations we attempt to facilitate amongst students.' (Kelli McGraw, Lisa van Leent and Brenton Doecke : Editorial introduction)