The social representation of material culture and gender in children's books

Children's literature serves as a powerful medium through which children construct messages about their roles In society and gender Identity is often central to this construction. Although possessing mental schemas about gender differences is helpful when children organize their ideas of the world around them, problems occur when children are exposed to a constant barrage of uncompromising, gender-schematic sources that lead to stereotyping which in turn represses the full development of the child. This paper focuses on how gender is represented in a selection of Malaysian children's books published in the English language. Relying on the type of content analysis employed by previous feminist social science researchers, I explore this selection of Malaysian children's books for young children and highlight some areas of concern with regard to the construction of maleness and femaleness in these texts. The results reveal Imbalances at various levels Including the distribution of main, supporting and minor characters along gendered lines and the positioning of male and female characters In the visual Illustrations. The stereotyping of these characters In terms of their behavioural traits will be discussed with the aim of drawing attention to the need for us to take concerted measures to provide our children with books that will help them realize their potential to the fullest.

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Coming of Age as a Viking: Historical Children’s Books and Gender

Literary Cultures and Medieval and Early Modern Childhoods ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-14211-7_20 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 325-339

Author(s):

Katherine Langrish

Keyword(s):

Coming Of Age ◽

Children's Books ◽

Children’S Books ◽

And Gender

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Publishers’ Spring

Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung ◽

10.21248/gkjf-jb.23 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 43-58

Author(s):

Sophie Heywood

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Book Production ◽

Children's Books ◽

Children’S Books ◽

Avant Garde ◽

The Social ◽

Publishing Houses ◽

May 68

The years around May ’68 (c. 1965 – c. late-1970s) are widely understood to represent a watershed moment for children’s books in France. An important factor was the influence of a new fringe of avant-garde publishers that attracted attention across their trade in and beyond France. Using archives and interviews and accounts of some of the books produced and their reception, this article presents case studies of the most influential publishing houses as a series of three snapshots of the areas of movement in the field. At the same time, it evaluates the extent to which the social, cultural and political upheavals in France in the wake of May ’68 helped to alter the shape of book production for children and to bring about a ›radical revolution‹ in the children’s publishing trade.

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What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books

10.3386/w29123 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anjali Adukia ◽

Alex Eble ◽

Emileigh Harrison ◽

Hakizumwami Birali Runesha ◽

Teodora Szasz

Keyword(s):

Gender Representation ◽

Children's Books ◽

Children’S Books ◽

Race And Gender ◽

And Gender

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What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3825080 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anjali Adukia ◽

Alex Eble ◽

Emileigh Harrison ◽

Hakizumwami Birali Runesha ◽

Teodora Szasz

Keyword(s):

Gender Representation ◽

Children's Books ◽

Children’S Books ◽

Race And Gender ◽

And Gender

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Content Analysis and Gender Stereotypes in Children's Books

Teaching Sociology ◽

10.2307/3211327 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 300 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Frank Taylor

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Children's Books ◽

Children’S Books ◽

And Gender

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STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS OF THE SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF AGGRESSION

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2003.31.3.223 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 223-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

José Luis Graña Gómez ◽

Jose Manuel Andreu ◽

Heather Lynn Rogers ◽

Juan Carlos Arango Lasprilla

Keyword(s):

Social Representation ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Age And Gender ◽

The Social ◽

Structural Dimensions ◽

Valid Test ◽

And Gender ◽

Attribution Styles ◽

Effect Of Age

The principal aim of this study was to analyze the structural dimensions of social representation of aggression through the Expressive Representations of Aggression Scale – EXPAGG (Campbell, Muncer, & Coyle, 1992). This scale is used in many studies of aggressive behavior among youth and in adolescent populations. Moreover, the EXPAGG is one of the self-report techniques most commonly used in the field of aggression research to measure expressive and instrumental attributions. This study uses various statistical procedures to analyze the data from a representative sample of adolescents in the community of Madrid to conclude that the EXPAGG is a reliable and valid test to measure different attribution styles of aggression in youth and adolescents. In addition, a tridimensional structure of social representation of aggression and a significant effect of age and gender were found.

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