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The influence of J. K. Gibson-Graham's (1996) attempt to reconceptualize class on the relationship between economics & class in contemporary queer studies is investigated. The author's application of a queer theory approach to the analysis of the connection between class, capitalism, & sexuality in Horatio Alger's writings is discussed. In addition, the author's recognition of long-standing homosexual economies while enrolled in graduate school & discovery that both homosexual & bourgeois men participated in the male market are explored. Current queer theory is reproached for disregarding issues of class, capital, & capitalism. Implications of Gibson-Graham's identification of feudal economic elements in present-day class & gender relations for the analysis of homosexual & heterosexual social relations are weighed. It is hoped that Gibson-Graham's text will encourage cultural studies scholars to study existing economic systems. 12 References. J. W. Parker

This text provides insights into the process of valuation. Valuing is understood as a plural activity where 'pricing' things is just one way of signifying value. Socio-economic reality is constituted through different 'orders of worth' that are grounded in the way people 'praise' and 'prize' things.

Contents -- 1. "What we call the beginning is often the end …" by Joan N. Burstyn -- 2. Educating for Public and Private Life: Beyond the False Dilemma by James M. Giarelli -- 3. Developing the Good Person: The Role of Local Publics by Thomas Mauhs-Pugh -- 4. To Illuminate or Indoctrinate: Education for Participatory Democracy by Jerilyn Fay Kelle -- 5. Subverting the Capitalist Model for Education: What Does It Mean to Educate Children to be Valuable Members of a Valuable Society? by Zeus Yiamouyiannis -- 6. Assaulting the Last Bastions of Authoritarianism: Democratic Education Meets Classroom Discipline by Barbara McEwan -- 7. Practice Makes Perfect: Civic Education by Precept and Example by Donald Warren -- 8. Preparing Citizens for a Decent Society: Educating for Virtue by John Covaleskie -- 9. Service Learning as Civic Education: Difference, Culture War, and the Material Basis of a Good Life by Mary B. Stanley -- 10. Meeting the Demands of Postmodern Society by Joan N. Burstyn -- 11. "The end is where we start from …" by Joan N. Burstyn -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.