A Multimodal Approach to Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Children s Picture Books 1st Edition by A. Jesús, Moya-Guijarro 9781000456066 1000456064

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• Author:  A. Jesús, Moya-Guijarro 

A Multimodal Approach to Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Picture Books

Table contents:

Part I: Stories Portraying Boys Who Challenge Gender Stereotypes
Part II: Picture Books Featuring Princesses and Girls Who Do Not Conform to Female Gender Stereotypes
Part III: Visual Narratives Portraying and Challenging the Concept of Traditional Family
Note
References
Part I Stories Portraying Boys Who Challenge Gender Stereotypes
2 Julián Is a Mermaid. Challenging Gender Stereotypes: A Qualitative Multimodal Content Analysis
Introduction
Theoretical Approach
A Social Semiotic Approach to Multimodality
Gender and Queer Theory
Methods
Analytical Tool
Description of Picture Book
Analysis
Researcher Positionality
Findings and Discussion
Theme 1: Inconsistent Representations of Gender Identity and Expression
Theme 2: Traditionally Feminine Context in the Story World
Theme 3: Displaying Gender Expression and Performance
Information Zones
Point of View
Theme 4: Modality Promotes Message of Acceptance
Contextualisation
Brightness and Colour Saturation
Conclusion
References
3 Ideational Construal of Male Challenging Gender Identities in Children’s Picture Books
Introduction
Theoretical Framework
Gender Identity as Being: Direct Definition of Characters
Gender Identity and the Grammar of Experience: Indirect Presentation of Characters
Gender Identity as Comparison and Contrast
Analysis
Contrast in the Construal of Oliver’s Gender Identity: Oliver vs ‘the Boys’
Contrastive Relations in Ballerino Nate: Challenging Gender Stereotyping in Brotherhood
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Pirate: Modelling Male Gender Stereotype
Discussion and Conclusion
Notes
References
4 At the Heart of It: Once There Was a Boy
Introduction
Theoretical Approach
Picture Books as Multimodal Artefacts
Local and National Constructions of Identity through the Portal of the Picture Book
Picture Books as the Contact Zone
Verbal and Visual Processes of Meaning
The Analysis
The Heart of the Boy Is at the Heart of It
Dismantling the “Hero”: Rebuilding the Heart
Conclusion: The Power of Story
References
5 Gender Assumptions in Picture Books about Boys in Dresses
Introduction
Being Transgender and the Innocence of Books for Children
Contextual Transgenderism
Dresses and Imagination
Representing Being Transgender with Gender Stereotypes
Boy in Dresses and Animals in Clothes
What Girls and Boys Wear and Do
Gendered Visual Codes
Conclusion
Note
References
Part II Picture Books Featuring Princesses and Girls Who Do Not Conform to Female Gender Stereotypes
6 Queering the Princess: On Feminine Subjectivities and Becoming Girl in Contemporary Picture Books
Introduction
Theoretical Background
Analysis: The Representation of Female Agency
Sample Texts
Methodology
Analysis of Pirate Princess
Analysis of The Princess Knight
Discussion
Conclusion
Note
References
7 A Clever Paper Bag Princess, a Fearless Worst Princess and an Empowered Little Red: A Critical Multimodal Analysis
Introduction
Theoretical Background
Ideational Meanings
Interpersonal Meanings
Analysis
The Paper Bag Princess
The Worst Princess
Little Red
Conclusion
Notes
References
8 A Semiotic and Multimodal Analysis of Interactive Relations in Picture Books That Challenge Female Gender Stereotypes
Introduction
Theoretical Approach
Analysis
Discussion
Conclusion
Note
References
9 Communicative Functions of Part-Whole Representations of Characters in Picture Books That Challenge Gender Stereotypes
Introduction
Literature Review: Approaches to Visual Metonymy
A Multimodal Social-Semiotic Approach to Metonymy
Metonymy from a Cognitive Perspective
The Analysis of Metonymic Character Representations
Sample Texts
Methodology
Metonymic Representations in the Picture Books Featuring Female Characters
Metonymies in Picture Books Portraying Boys
Association between Character Representations and the Two Types of Picture Books
Conclusion and Discussion
References
Part III Visual Narratives Portraying and Challenging the Concept of Traditional Family
10 Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Picture Books: A Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis
Introduction
Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Literature
SF-MDA Approach to Gender Stereotypes in Picture Books
Selected Multimodal Systems
Multimodal Analysis Image Software
The Data
Analysis and Discussion
Busy Mother/Busy Father Books
Daddies Book/Mommies Book
Multimodal Patterns
Conclusion and Limitations
Notes
References
11 Linguistic and Visual Trends in the Representation of Two-Mum and Two-Dad Couples in Children’s Picture Books
Introduction
Same-Sex Parent Family Picture Books: Trends in Publication
Analysing Linguistic and Visual Trends in Picture Books
Trends in Picture Books Featuring Two-Mum and Two-Dad Families
Collustration
Conclusion
Notes
References
12 The Depiction of Family and Self in Children’s Picture Books: A Corpus-Driven Exploration
Introduction
Description of the Corpus
Awarded Books Subcorpus [AWS] Non-awarded Books [NAWS] Books from the AMULIT Corpus [AMS] Method of Analysis
Results
Depiction of People within and Outside the Family of the Main Protagonist Child
Depictions of Diversity in the Environment of Main Protagonist Child
Depiction of Positive and Negative Physical Contact at Least Once
Locations of Depicted Events
Depicted or Suggested Activities by the Protagonist Child and Others in the Family
Depiction of Real/Imagined/Toy Animals
Other Issues Worth Further Consideration
Virtually All of the Books Depict “Windows”
Mirrors
Demand Looks Are Relatively Rare
Foregrounded Elements in the Written Text
Pervasiveness of the journey Metaphor
Creative Pictorial/Visual Metaphor
Intratextual Visual Cohesion
Visual Intertextuality
Colour
Slowing Down Actions
First Person and External Narration
Limitations of Our Exploratory Analysis
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
13 The Moomin Family: An Elastic Permeable Multi-Dimensional Construct in Semiotic and Social Space
Introduction
The Family as an Institution
The Moomin Family
The Moomin Corpus: A Selective Sample
Composition of the Moomin Corpus
Some Basic Counts
Characters in the Moomin Corpus
Family and Friends
Overview of Interaction among Characters
Moominmamma and Moominpappa
Moominmamma and Moomin
Moomin and His Friends
“Outsiders” Included in and Welcomed to the Family
Overcoming Fear and Loneliness
The World of the Moominvalley

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