Warrior Narratives in the Kindergarten Classroom

Renegotiating the Social Contract

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2369232
AutoresE Jordan (0000-0003-1477-3904, University of Newcastle, New South Wales), Angela Cowan (University of Newcastle, New South Wales)
Año1995
Volumen9
Número6
Páginas727-743
Fecha de publicación1995-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0891-2432 • E-ISSN: 1552-3977
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/089124395009006006
OpenAlexW2125006068
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas24

The 'social contract' becomes part of the lived experience of little boys when they discover that the school forbids the warrior narratives through which they initially define masculinity and imposes a different, public sphere; masculinity of rationality and responsibility. They learn that these narratives are not to be lived but only experienced symbolically through fantasy and sport in the private sphere of desire. Little girls, whose gender-defining fantasies are not repressed by the school, have less lived awareness of the social contract

Art · Fantasy · Literature · Masculinity · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Private sphere · Public sphere · Rationality · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social Psychology