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- Title
No, I Won't Marry You! Critiquing Gender in Multiliteracies Fairytale Play.
- Authors
Beecher, Bronwyn
- Abstract
Family literacy practices, such as chatting, story-telling, viewing television and DVDs, engage children in diverse learnings. which might include gender amongst other things. These practices involve children with texts of multimedia and monomedia in languages other than English and in English reflecting multiliteracies (New London Group, 2001; Jones Diaz, Beecher, Arthur, Ashton, Hayden, McNaught & Makin, 2001), as opposed to a narrow concept of book based literacy. The article is based on observations and interviews with children, educators and mothers during a three month fairytale project in an Australian child care centre. It examines the question, "What does an analysis of children's play indicate regarding their understandings of gender in multiliteracies fairytale play and other experiences?" Children and educators first investigated fairytales from their family multiliteracies: the educators later introduced diverse and feminist tales. An analysis of play found 1) themes in children's gender understandings which they constructed and critiqued in dramatic play and other experiences, and 2) produced case studies. Themes included a) women's work, b) women with agency, c) tricky relationships, and d) men as princes in a range of guises. Case studies indicate twists and turns in four children's subjectivities as they shifted their gender positionings. Significance and implications for practice are discussed.
- Subjects
LITERACY; LITERACY education; FAIRY tales; PLAY therapy; ENGLISH language education; EDUCATIONAL programs; EDUCATIONAL evaluation
- Publication
Canadian Children, 2010, Vol 35, Issue 2, p15
- ISSN
0833-7519
- Publication type
Article