Growing up Female.

Ecroyd, Catherine Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ400332

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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Growing up Female.

Ecroyd, Catherine Ann

ALAN Review, v17 n1 p5-6,8,54 Fall 1989

Claims that too many authors of young adult fiction do not use females in the main character roles. Provides examples of novels which are written by women and focus on a girl's coming of age, without falling back on stereotypes. (MG)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Characterization, Females, Fiction, Literary Styles, Novels, Puberty, Role Models, Role Perception, Secondary Education, Sex Stereotypes, Social Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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