9789463000291

Gender Lessons

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9789463000291

Paperback|9789463000291


Overview

Public schools in early America were designed to ensure the reproduction of Eurocentric social values. It could be argued that little has changed. Gender Lessons takes an in-depth look at how schools institutionalize gender--how kids are taught the rules and expectations of performing masculinity and femininity. This work provides extensive examples of how elementary, middle, and high schools: sextype; defend and preserve patriarchy; weave gendered expectations in all things school related; promote inequity; and limit their students' potential by explicitly and implicitly teaching that they must fit into only one of two boxes..."girl" or "boy." Richardson argues that schools--a powerful and wide reaching publicly funded mechanism--should be engaged in social (re)imagination that disbands the antiquated girl/boy and feminine/masculine binary so that kids might have a chance at being themselves. This book is sure to provoke conversation in courses and professional communities interested in education, gender studies, social work, sociology, counseling and guidance.
Cover art: Emily A. Pellini

ISBN-13

9789463000291

ISBN-10

9463000291

Weight

0.75 Pounds

Dimensions

6.14 x 0.51 x 9.21 In

List Price

$39.00

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

240 pages

Publisher

Sense Publishers

Published On

2015-01-01



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