Reading girls : the lives and literacies of adolescents / Hadar Dubowsky Ma'ayan ; Foreword by Margaret Finders.
| Author/creator | Ma'ayan, Hadar Dubowsky |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Teachers College Press, [2012] |
| Description | xiii, 146 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Language and literacy series Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.) ^A258785 |
| Contents | Lincoln Middle School and the Girls Literacy Discussion Group -- Understanding girls and literacies -- Using texts to perform race and class identities -- Critical media literacy for a text-saturated world -- Girls, texts, and sexualities -- reading violence in their worlds -- Technology and creativity: how multiple literacies can build educational resiliency -- Multiple literacies and a failing student -- Girls and the achievement gap. |
| Abstract | The author--an experienced researcher and middle school teacher--intertwines investigations of multiple literacies, technologies, race, class, gender, sexuality, and gender expression to provide a provocative look at what helps and what hurts adolescent girls in school. --from publisher description |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-136) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011045485 |
| ISBN | 9780807753149 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807753149 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807753156 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807753157 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | LB1135 .M27 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |