The Ninjas, the X-Men, and the Ladies: Playing with Power and Identity in an Urban Primary School.

Dyson, Anne Haas

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ERIC Number: EJ498399

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Ninjas, the X-Men, and the Ladies: Playing with Power and Identity in an Urban Primary School.

Dyson, Anne Haas

Teachers College Record, v96 n2 p219-39 Win 1994

This paper uses a qualitative study of children's symbolic and social use of superhero stories to examine the children's images of power and gender within an urban elementary classroom. The article discusses ways to help children deal with contradictory pressures of growing up in a multicultural society with inequitable power distribution. (SM)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Grade 2, Power Structure, Pretend Play, Primary Education, Racial Factors, Sex Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Social Discrimination, Social Influences, Story Telling, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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