Snow White in the Hellenic primary classrooms: children's responses to non-traditional gender discourses.

Kostas, M. (2016) Snow White in the Hellenic primary classrooms: children's responses to non-traditional gender discourses. Gender and Education. ISSN 0954-0253.

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Abstract

This paper sets out to investigate how children make sense of and negotiate non-traditional gender discourses promoted through the feminist version of the fairytale of Snow White. The research was based on work with 120 pupils aged 9–11 years old in 2 Athenian primary schools. The data were collected through semi- structured group interviews. The findings suggested that schoolchildren gave conflicting accounts in relation to gender discourses and identities. There is a strong indication that girls of this age are more prepared than boys to challenge traditional gender discourses.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Children; hegemonic masculinity; emphasised femininity; gender discourses; fairytales; Hellas
Subjects:	L Education
Divisions:	Faculty of Education > School of Childhood and Education Sciences
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Marios Kostas
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2017 10:44
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2018 05:11
URI:	https://create.canterbury.ac.uk/id/eprint/16529

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