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ERIC Number: EJ650319
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1086-296X
The Performance and Construction of Subjectivities of Early Adolescent Girls in Book Club Discussion Groups.
Broughton, Mary Ariail
Journal of Literacy Research, v34 n1 p1-38 Mar 2002
Examines the performance and construction of subjectivities of four early adolescent, sixth-grade girls as they read and discussed a novel about two adolescent Mexican children seeking a new life in America. Suggests they engaged in ongoing construction of their subjectivities as they interacted with the text and each other. Notes the girls debated a variety of personal and social issues. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ethnography, Females, Grade 6, Group Discussion, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Relationship, Literature Appreciation, Novels, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Book Clubs