Writing Superheroes

Writing Superheroes
Author :
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Total Pages : 274
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0807770167
ISBN-13 : 9780807770160
Rating : 4/5 (160 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Writing Superheroes by : Anne Haas Dyson

Download or read book Writing Superheroes written by Anne Haas Dyson and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an ethnographic study in an urban classroom of 7- to 9-year olds, Writing Superheroes examines how young school children use popular culture, especially superhero stories, in the unofficial peer social world and in the official school literacy curriculum. In one sense, the book is about children "writing superheroes"-about children appropriating superhero stories in their fiction writing and dramatic play on the playground and in the classroom. These stories offer children identities as powerful people who do battle against evil and win. The stories, however, also reveal limiting ideological assumptions about relations between people-boys and girls, adults and children, people of varied heritages, physical demeanors, and social classes. The book, then, is also about children as "writing superheroes." With the assistance of their teacher, the observed children became superheroes of another sort, able to take on powerful cultural storylines. In this book, Anne Dyson examines how the children's interest in and conflicts about commercial culture give rise to both literacy and social learning, including learning how to participate in a community of differences.


Writing Superheroes Related Books

Writing Superheroes
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Anne Haas Dyson
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: Teachers College Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Based on an ethnographic study in an urban classroom of 7- to 9-year olds, Writing Superheroes examines how young school children use popular culture, especiall
Anthropology & Education Quarterly
Language: en
Pages: 490
Authors:
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Anthropologies of Education
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-01 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Despite international congresses and international journals, anthropologies of education differ significantly around the world. Linguistic barriers constrain th
Linguistic Anthropology of Education
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Stanton E.F. Wortham
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Praeger

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Over the years, linguistic anthropological research has shown how classrooms are socializing institutions and how language functions as one medium through which
A Companion to the Anthropology of Education
Language: en
Pages: 592
Authors: Bradley A. Levinson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-19 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the field, exploring the social and cultural dimension of