Gender Play

Boys and Girls in School

By: Barrie Thorne, Raewyn Connell (Introduction by), Michael A. Messner (Introduction by), C.J. Pascoe (Afterword by)

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Paperback | 13 September 2024 | Edition Number 30

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When it first appeared in 1993, Barrie Thorne's Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School became an instant classic in the budding fields of feminist sociology and childhood studies. Through detailed first-hand observations of fourth and fifth graders at play, she investigated questions like: Why do girls and boys tend to self-segregate in the schoolyard? What can playful teasing and ritualized games like "cooties" and "chase and kiss" teach us about how children perform gendered identities? And how do children articulate their own conceptions of gender, distinct from those proscribed by the adult world?

A detailed and perceptive ethnography told with compassion and humor, Gender Play immerses readers in the everyday lives of a group of working-class children to examine the social interactions that shape their gender identities. This new Rutgers Classic edition of Gender Play contains an introduction from leading sociologists of gender Michael A. Messner and Raewyn Connell that places Thorne's innovative research in historical context. It also includes a new afterword by one of Thorne's own students, acclaimed sociologist C.J. Pascoe, reflecting on both the lasting influence of Thorne's work and the ways that American children's understandings of gender have shifted in the past thirty years.

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"This anniversary edition is a reminder of why Thorne's book is a classic in the fields of childhood studies, education, and feminist scholarship, one which treats kids and their play with the seriousness they deserve. Beautiful reflections from Michael Messner, Raewyn Connell, and CJ Pascoe make plain that we should listen closely to kids and all the lessons the book has to offer."
-- Freeden Blume Oeur * author of Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools *

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