“focusing on slavery rather than a more hopeful period … was stereotypical … .” In response to the criticisms, Connie Porter, author of the Addy series, explains that with such critiques you “run the risk of being so politically correct that you can lose
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Christopher Blake Evernden, Cynthia A. Freeland, Thomas Schatz, and Frank P. Tomasulo
discusses sexual selection theory in order to further her argument that gender stereotypes and balance are not assumed in contemporary horror cinema. Psychologist Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is referenced for his concept of “emerging adults,” young persons who are
April Mandrona
as a space of simultaneous aspiration towards and rejection of the stereotype of the adult female body. As Caroline Caron recently pointed out, while girlhood studies is largely informed by feminist methodologies, and feminist ethics are of great
Tweens as Technofeminists
Exploring Girlhood Identity in Technology Camp
Jen England and Robert Cannella
promote a stereotype that all men work against or above women, our male coaches helped girls work productively alongside men. This demonstrated to the girls that men can be interested in female identities, eager to collaborate, and welcome opportunities to
Mixed Message Media
Girls’ Voices and Civic Engagement in Student Journalism
Piotr S. Bobkowski and Genelle I. Belmas
they do, how successful they are in doing so. Some evidence suggests that student media focuses primarily on stereotypical high school events and rituals ( Hoffman 2005 ), and thus civic issues may not be a priority for student journalists. Therefore
The German Colonies in Die Weltgeschichte als Kolonialgeschichte
The Use of Filmic Techniques in Colonial Revisionism in the 1920s
Michael Annegarn-Gläß
Translator : Katherine Ebisch-Burton
stereotypical images that make it easier for audiences to comprehend the contexts. This includes animations dealing with the transfer of goods that depict Germany as an undefined land mass populated with factories and chimneys to represent its industries, while
Kaoru Miyazawa
and dependent girls who lack self-esteem or the stereotypically ideal body—could easily be pathologized ( Mann 2013 ). Working-class young women from racial minority communities, including new immigrants, have been viewed historically as lacking the
Adolescent Girls with Disabilities in Humanitarian Settings
“I Am Not ‘Worthless’—I Am a Girl with a Lot to Share and Offer”
Emma Pearce, Kathryn Paik, and Omar J. Robles
gender norms and stereotypes in society. Surveys of adults with disabilities in Ethiopia, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia found that all respondents had experienced some form of sexual violence as children: 37 percent of respondents reported being raped; more
A Vision of the Viewer
Situating Narration in the Fiction Film in the Context of Theories of Narrative Comprehension
Joseph P. Magliano and James A. Clinton
relevant event schemas. In this way, he emphasized a dynamic relationship between the flow of images on the screen and the knowledge activated to support comprehension. Like Russian formalism, he specified how learned, stereotypical patterns in the syuzhet
Introduction: World Knowledge and Non-European Space
Nineteenth Century Geography Textbooks and Children’s Books
Andreas Weiß
Men and Empire: A Geography of Adventure (London: Routledge, 1997). 11 Stereotypes in nineteenth-century German youth literature are dealt with by Gina Weinkauff, ed., Ent-Fernungen: Fremdwahrnehmung und Kulturtransfer in der deutschsprachigen Kinder