ERIC Number: EJ1395996
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1521-7779
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Binary Gender Representations in Picturebooks about Transgender Children
Hill, Joshua
Journal of Children's Literature, v49 n1 p46-55 2023
The existence of transgender children is not new. However, for over 100 years, Western culture has worked to restrict the gender expressions and gender identities of children. This forces them into a binary model of gender understanding. This critical content analysis examined the ways that transgender children within picturebooks can both conform to, and resist, expected binary gender norms. The author investigates narrative picturebooks that represent transgender children who identify as a boy or a girl.
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, LGBTQ People, Sexual Identity, Gender Issues, Content Analysis, Children, Clothing, Language Usage, Definitions
Children's Literature Assembly. e-mail: info@childrensliteratureassembly.org; Web site: https://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/journal.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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