Gender Depiction and Empowerment in Children's Literature: A Pakistani Context.

The article focuses on a study that examined the construction of gender identity and the ideology that emerges as a result in "Taleem-o-Tarbiyat," an Urdu language children's magazine in Pakistan. It describes use of qualitative techniques to identify the frequency of linguistic patterns to determin...

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Publicado en:Women's Studies Vol. 52; no. 8; pp. 907 - 927
Autor principal: Shahnaz, Ambreen
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2023
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Sumario:The article focuses on a study that examined the construction of gender identity and the ideology that emerges as a result in "Taleem-o-Tarbiyat," an Urdu language children's magazine in Pakistan. It describes use of qualitative techniques to identify the frequency of linguistic patterns to determine the role of language in constructing genders in children's literature. It discusses the results revealing the magazine's presentation of asymmetrical notions of femininity and masculinity.