Cultural Constellations and Childhood Identities: On Greek Gods, Cartoon Heroes, and the Social Lives of Schoolchildren

Describes children's participating in dramatic play activities that are teacher or peer governed. Illustrates children's use of cultural symbols as material for story construction and social affiliation. Argues for a literacy curriculum in which cultural symbols are open to critical examin...

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Published in:Harvard educational review Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 471 - 496
Main Author: Dyson, Anne Haas
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University 01.10.1996
Harvard Education Press
Subjects:
Cartoons
Children
Children & youth
Classrooms
Cultural identity
Cultural Symbols
Dramatic Play
Education
Educational sciences
Elementary School Students
Ethnography
Family (Sociological Unit)
Females
Greek language
Heroes
Heroism & heroes
Human Relations
Identity (Psychological)
Ideology
Literacy
Males
Mass Media
Mass Media Images
Mythology
Narratives
Oral Tradition
Peer Relations
Playgrounds
Preschool Children
Pretend Play
Primary Education
Reading Instruction
Social Development
Sociology
Sociology of culture
Sociology of education
Structural Functional Analysis
Superheroes
Symbolism
Symbols
Teacher Guidance
Urban Education
Urban Schools
New York
United States > US
Sociology of Education
Imagination
Cartoon
Social Environment
Society
Primary School
Categorization
Child
Cultural Identity
ISSN:0017-8055, 1943-5045
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Summary:Describes children's participating in dramatic play activities that are teacher or peer governed. Illustrates children's use of cultural symbols as material for story construction and social affiliation. Argues for a literacy curriculum in which cultural symbols are open to critical examination. (Author/SK)
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ISSN:0017-8055
1943-5045
DOI:10.17763/haer.66.3.3n5247450r155l73