Girls' literacy experiences in and out of school [electronic resource] : learning and composing gendered identities / edited by Elaine J. O'Quinn.
O'Quinn, Elaine.
2013
LC1755 .G57 2013eb
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Title Girls' literacy experiences in and out of school [electronic resource] : learning and composing gendered identities / edited by Elaine J. O'Quinn.
ISBN 9780203802137 (electronic book)
9780415897365
9780415897372
Imprint New York : Routledge, 2013.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 166 p.) : ill.
Call Number LC1755 .G57 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 373.182352
Summary "Through thoughtful analysis of girls' historical literacy experiences, their contemporary reading and writing lives, and trends in young adult literature, this book sheds new light on how teachers can better understand and create classroom experiences that make girls visible both to themselves and to others.Historically, the status of girls has evoked much less research than that of boys. Recently emerging scholastic and strategic study concerning the vulnerability of girls is adding a vital missing component to this continually emerging discourse. Looking at many aspects of girls' gendered lives, this text considers the specific perspectives of the social and cultural constructions that script gender, particularly as applies to girls in our classrooms. Prominent scholars in their respective fields examine the myriad forces that shape the lives of American girls, from the earliest didactic records of manuals and books of conduct to current artifacts of contemporary culture. By investigating both the scholarly literature on girls as well as well as the primary sources of a material culture, the authors seek to unravel how adolescent girls learn and seek to compose identities. By closely examining girls' practices, in which are embedded issues of class, race, ethnicity, immigrant status, and sexuality, the text considers some of the values, structures, and trajectories that have come to define teenage girlhood. Its distinctive contribution is to unpack some of the assumptions of girls in English classrooms and to critically examine their experiences as they try to fit preconceived norms while forming their own personhood"-- Provided by publisher.
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pt. I. Girls and literacy : a historical overview
pt. II. Girls made visible
pt. III. Popular culture, technology, and the new media
pt. IV. Feminism and English classroom practices.

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