Girls' literacy experiences in and out of school : learning and composing gendered identities

Girls' literacy experiences in and out of school : learning and composing gendered identities / edited by Elaine O'Quinn.

"Through thoughtful analysis of girls' historical literacy experiences, their contemporary reading and writing lives, and trends in young adult literature, this book sheds new light on how teachers can better understand and create classroom experiences that make girls visible both to thems...

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Other Authors: O'Quinn, Elaine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Subjects:
Teenage girls > Education > United States.
Literacy > Social aspects > United States.
Teenage girls > Books and reading > United States.
Young adult literature.
Teenage girls > United States > Social conditions.
Women > United States > Identity.
EDUCATION > General.
EDUCATION > Teaching Methods & Materials > Reading & Phonics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Literacy.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
Literacy > Social aspects
Teenage girls > Books and reading
Teenage girls > Education
Teenage girls > Social conditions
Women > Identity
Young adult literature
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • "The order of the scroll": surveying girls' literacy performances in and out of school, 1885-2011 / Jane Greer
  • Teaching historically based, culturally rich YA novels with strong girl protagonists / Linda J. Rice
  • Empowerment, YA immigrant literature, and girls / Rosemary Horowitz and Joanne Brown
  • Through a lesbian lens: girls, femininity, and sexuality on a reading spectrum / Beth Younger
  • Girls around the globe as advocates for political, cultural, and social literacy at home / Mary Napoli
  • Girls composing their lives: reading and writing contemporary memoir / Dawn Latta Kirby
  • Girlhood, agency, and pop culture legacy: the Twilight saga as exemplar / Katie Kapurch
  • The challenges of teaching girls (re)presentation of self and others through media studies and citizen journalism / Shayla Thiel-Stern
  • Complicating gender binaries in the feminist English classroom / Karen Coats and Roberta Seelinger Trites.

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