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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ716831
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jan-1
Pages: 31
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Reading as Resistance: Gendered Messages in Literature and Media
Wallowitz, Laraine
English Journal, v93 n3 p26 Jan 2004
A unit is created that enables readers to recognize the mixed messages in the media about body image and culturally constructed notions of gender. Students chose from exercises that allowed them to read literature, media, music, or magazines, and analyzed them using gender lens.
Descriptors: Self Concept, Gender Issues, Literature, Mass Media, Cultural Influences, Critical Reading
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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