Gender lessons : patriarchy, sextyping & schools /

Gender lessons : patriarchy, sextyping & schools /

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Author / Creator:	Richardson, Scott, 1976-
Imprint:	Rotterdam, the Netherlands ; Boston : Sense, ©2015.
Description:	xix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Teaching gender ; v. 4 Teaching gender ; v. 4.
Subject:	Gender identity in education. Gender identity in education.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10197611

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Varying Form of Title:	Patriarchy, sextyping and schools
ISBN:	9463000291 9789463000291 9463000305 9789463000307
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219).
Summary:	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, counselling and guidance.

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Call Number:	LC212.8.R53 2015
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