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Mallan, Kerry – English in Australia, 2001
Discusses a selection of texts from picture books to novels for older readers as convenient indicators of the changing representations of masculinity that are evident in children's literature. Suggests these texts explore a range of masculinities and offers a means for opening up discussion about gender and socially constructed ways of being male…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, Masculinity