The Gender Trap: A Feminist Poststructuralist Analysis of Primary School Children's Talk about Gender.

Davies, Bronwyn; Banks, Chas

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Gender Trap: A Feminist Poststructuralist Analysis of Primary School Children's Talk about Gender.

Davies, Bronwyn; Banks, Chas

Journal of Curriculum Studies, v24 n1 p1-25 Jan-Feb 1992

Examines the power of dominant discourses of gender to trap children within conventional meanings and modes of being. Presents findings of a study of children's reactions to feminist fairy tales. Concludes that patterns of desire reflected in preferred storylines give substance to inequitable social structures. (DK)

Descriptors: Androgyny, Attitude Measures, Elementary Education, Fairy Tales, Females, Feminism, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Males, Parent Child Relationship, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Sexual Identity, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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