Gender Play : Girls and boys in school / Barrie Thorne.

By:

Thorne, Barrie, 1942-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 1993.Description: xi,237p. ; 23cmISBN:

9780335191239 (pbk) :

DDC classification:

370.19345 20

Summary: Showing how children construct and experience gender in school, this book looks at the "play of gender" in the organization of groups of children and activities. It argues that the organization and meaning of gender are influenced by age, ethnicity, race, sexuality and social class, and that they shift with social context.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Lending	Newtownabbey Campus	370.19345 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	39548000004458

Bibliography: p213-228. - Includes index.

Showing how children construct and experience gender in school, this book looks at the "play of gender" in the organization of groups of children and activities. It argues that the organization and meaning of gender are influenced by age, ethnicity, race, sexuality and social class, and that they shift with social context.

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