Good/Bad Girls Read Together: Pre-Adolescent Girls' Co-Authorship of Feminine Subject Positions during a Shared Reading Event.

Enciso, Patricia E.

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ERIC Number: EJ568532

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Good/Bad Girls Read Together: Pre-Adolescent Girls' Co-Authorship of Feminine Subject Positions during a Shared Reading Event.

Enciso, Patricia E.

English Education, v30 n1 p44-66 Feb 1998

Discusses reading with pre-teens Francine Pascal's "Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends," one of a series of pre-romance novels featuring identical twin sisters. Interviews six girls using the Symbolic Representation Interview (SRI) about the good girl/bad girl dichotomy in novels and other media. Provides comments by Tom Romano and Diana Mitchell. (PA)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Literature, Females, Group Discussion, Interviews, Middle Schools, Novels, Preadolescents, Reader Response, Reading Interests, Reading Research, Recreational Reading, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Student Reaction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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