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The Discursive Production of the Male/Female Dualism in School Settings
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In this paper, the discursive practices through which males and females are created as opposites and through which people become identifiably one or the other are analysed. It is shown how gender is created by individuals and within individuals as they learn the discursive practices through which to locate themselves as individuals and as members of the social world. Particular focus is given to the narratives through which children learn what it means to be male or female, and through which they become locked into (and thus limited by) masculine and feminine subject positions. The special place of the images and metaphors embedded in those narratives in constituting individual psyches, and in setting up patterns of belief and desire organised around a dualistic pattern of maleness and femaleness will be a central focus of the paper.
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“In this way, students can acquire skills to critique and dismantle sexism and develop alternative discourses, acting as active subjects instead of mere consumers of textbooks (Chick, 2006; Davies, 1989; Widodo, 2018).”
From The influence of school textbooks on the configuration of gender identity: A study on the unequal representation of women and men in the school discourse during the Spanish democracy (2022) · cites this paper as Davies, 1989
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“The construction of their gender identity draws upon these discourses and can lead them to accept, reinterpret or reject -entirely or partially- what they read (Apple, 1993; Davies, 1989).”
From The influence of school textbooks on the configuration of gender identity: A study on the unequal representation of women and men in the school discourse during the Spanish democracy (2022) · cites this paper as Davies, 1989
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- Authors
- Davies, B.
- Corresponding author
- Davies, Bronwyn
- ORCID
- Davies, Bronwyn
- Venue
- Oxford Review of Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1989-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 229-241
- ISSN
- 0305-4985 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-3915
- OpenAlex
- W2065682878
- Cited by
- 193
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford Review of Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Sexuality, and Education
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Studies in Language
- Keywords
- gender dualism, discursive practices, gender identity, children's narratives, gendered metaphors, gender socialization, school environment, belief and desire
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