Girls' Literacy Experiences In and Out of School: Learning and Composing Gendered Identities

ISBN-13: 9780415897365 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 178 str.

Elaine O'Quinn

Opis

How do American girls compose and amend their identities? In this text, prominent scholars in their respective fields examine the complex social and cultural constructions that shape girls' lives both in and out of school.

Spis treści

Foreword Rachel Simmons  Acknowledgements  Introduction Elaine J. O’Quinn  Part I Girls and Literacy: A Historical Overview  1. "The Order of the Scroll": Surveying Girls’ Literacy Performances In and Out of School, 1885-2011 Jane Greer  Part II Girls Made Visible  2. Teaching Historically Based, Culturally Rich YA Novels with Strong Girl Protagonists Linda J. Rice  3. Empowerment, YA Immigrant Literature, and Girls Rosemary Horowitz and Joanne Brown  4. Through a Lesbian Lens: Girls, Femininity, and Sexuality on a Reading Spectrum Beth Younger  5. Girls Around the Globe as Advocates for Political, Cultural and Social Literacy at Home Mary Napoli 6. Girls Composing Their Lives: Reading and Writing Contemporary Memoir Dawn Latta Kirby Part III Popular Culture, Technology, and the New Media  7. Girlhood, Agency, and Pop Culture Literacy: the Twilight Saga as Exemplar Katie Kapurch  8. The Challenges of Teaching Girls (Re)Presentation of Self and Others Through Media Studies and Citizen Journalism Shayla Thiel-Stern  Part IV Feminism and English Classroom Practices  9. Complicating Gender Binaries in the Feminist English Classroom Karen Coats and Roberta Seelinger Trites

O autorze

Elaine J. O’Quinn is Professor, English Department, Appalachian State University, USA.