
ERIC Number: EJ675602
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Publication Date: 2003
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Storytelling as Action: Constructing Masculinities in a School Context.
Moita-Lopes, Luiz Paulo
Pedagogy, Culture & Society, v11 n1 p31-47 2003
Examines how masculinities were constructed in a Brazilian mother tongue fifth grade classroom, highlighting stories students told one another in this context. An ethnographic approach allowed naturally occurring stories to be audiotaped. Stories told in schools helped construct hegemonic masculinity by drawing on coherent systems available in everyday common sense knowledge. Ways of destabilizing common sense notions of masculinity by employing narrative analysis within language education are suggested. (SM)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Masculinity, Personal Narratives, Portuguese, Sex Differences, Sexuality
Triangle Journals Ltd., P.O. Box 65, Wallingford, Oxford OX10 0YG, United Kingdom.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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