Description
Gendered language has been a topic of study for centuries. The most recent efforts to promote inclusive language have been championed by parents, teachers, and social reformers over the last thirty years. Replicating in part a research study that was done over thirty years ago, this study examines what effects have taken place in children's perceptions of male and female roles in regards to specific activities and occupations and how their perceptions compare to the current work force, what role children's literature has played in these changes, and what children's natural speech in describing personified animals can tell us about their subconscious gender labeling. The results were remarkable in two ways: native language evidently exudes little emphasis on pronoun choice, and children are more readily acceptable of gender equality than that portrayed in either Caldecott winning children's books or real life as seen through current labor statistics.
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Title
- Children's perceptions of gender as studied through pronoun use
Contributors
- Arter, Lisa Maxwell (Author)
- Nilsen, Alleen (Thesis advisor)
- Blasingame, James (Committee member)
- Grace, Judy (Committee member)
- Mathur, Sarup (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
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2011
Subjects
- Gender Studies
- Reading Instruction
- General Education
- Caldecott
- Children's Literature
- Gendered Language
- Pronoun Use
- Stereotypes
- Sex role in children
- Sex role in literature
- Children--Language.
- English language--Pronoun.
- Spanish language--Pronoun.
- Children's literature--Social aspects.
- Children's Literature
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Note
- thesisPartial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2011
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 67-72)
- Field of study: Curriculum and instruction (English education)
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by Lisa Maxwell Arter