Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ579151
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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"Barbie Doll" and "G.I. Joe": Exploring Issues of Gender.
Perrin, Robert
English Journal, v88 n3 p83-85 Jan 1999
Describes how the author uses a poem by Marge Piercy called "Barbie Doll" to help students discover for themselves the implicit power of gender. Describes how students (1) examine the poem's language and have lively and insightful discussions as they find meanings for themselves; and (2) extend and elaborate on these meanings as they create a parallel poem called "G.I. Joe." (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts, Poetry, Secondary Education, Sex Bias, Sex Fairness, Sex Stereotypes
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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