Sunderland, Jane, 1952-

Language, gender and children's fiction [electronic resource] / Jane Sunderland. - London ; New York : Continuum, 2010. - 239 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Language and gender: issues and applications -- Content analysis: the early days -- The importance of language and of linguistic analysis of fiction -- Happily ever after? -- More than fifty years of reading schemes -- Stories about two-mum and two-dad families (written with Mark McGlashan) -- Miss Katherine shot the sheriff: the literary affordance of achronological intertextuality -- Hermione, Harry and gender relations at Hogwarts -- Conclusion.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Children's stories--History and criticism.
Discourse analysis, Literary.
Sex role in literature.
Gender identity in literature.
Language and sex.


Electronic books.

PN1009.5.S48 / S86 2011eb

809/.89282