Boys and Girls Apart
Children's Play in Canada and Poland
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 1990
- Category
- General, Child
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773573611
- Publish Date
- Jun 1990
- List Price
- $100.00
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Description
This original book contributes significantly to an understanding of sexism by revealing a major arena for its formation - the play practices of children. This is the first sociological work to use children's drawings to make inferences about structured gender inequality. The author examines the situation in both capitalist and socialist societies, and provides specific strategies for restructuring children's play to counter gender-based inequalities. Samples of the children's art are supplied, in colour and in black and white.
About the author
Stephen Richer is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.
