Gender Play Girls and Boys in School

Name: Gender Play Girls and Boys in School
Price: 64.8 USD
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ISBN: 9780335191239

ISBN-10: 0335191231

ISBN-13: 9780335191239

Edition: 1993

Authors: Barrie Thorne

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You see it in every school playground: the girls play only with girls, the boys play only with boys. Why? And what do children themselves think about this? Breaking with familiar conventions for thinking about children and gender, "Gender Play" develops fresh insights into the everyday social worlds of kids in schools. Barrie Thorne draws on her daily observations in the classroom and in the playground to show how children construct and experience gender in school. She looks in detail at the "play of gender" in the organization of groups of children and activities. Thorne argues that the organization and meaning of gender are influenced by age, ethnicity, race, sexuality and social class,…

Book details

List price: $2.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Binding: Paperback
Size: 2.36" wide x 3.54" long x 0.23" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Children and Gender



Learning from Kids



Boys and Girls Together . . . but Mostly Apart



Gender Separation: Why and How



Creating a Sense of ""Opposite Sides""



Do Girls and Boys Have Different Cultures?



Crossing the Gender Divide



Lip Gloss and ""Goin' With"": Becoming Teens



Lessons for Adults


Notes


References


Index