When Princesses Become Dragons
Critical Literacy, Damsel, and Confronting Rape Culture in English Classrooms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12975197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shelby Boehm (0000-0002-6671-6197, University of Florida, corresponding author), Kathleen Colantonio-Yurko (0000-0002-3205-2871, SUNY Brockport), Kathleen Olmstead (0000-0002-0559-9003, SUNY Brockport), Henry “cody” Miller (0000-0003-1172-3733, SUNY Brockport) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 72-89 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Girlhood Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1938-8209 • E-ISSN: 1938-8322 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ghs.2021.140306 |
| OpenAlex | W3213136639 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
In this article we offer curricular suggestions for teaching Elana K. Arnold’s young adult title Damsel , a subverted fairytale rewrite, using a critical literacy framework. In doing so, we outline how English curriculum has often upheld oppressive systems that harm women, and how our teaching can challenge such systems. We situate this work through the retelling of a fairytale trope given the ubiquity of such stories in secondary students’ lives. Our writings have teaching implications for both secondary English language arts classrooms and higher education fields such as English, folklore, mythology, and gender studies. We end by noting the limitations of such teaching
Art · Curriculum · Folklore · Harm · Language arts · Literacy · Literature · Mythology · Pedagogy · Sociology · The arts · Trope (literature · Visual arts · Digital Storytelling and Education · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |