Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Dystopian Young Adult Literature
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- February 28, 2019
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Kimsey, Christina M.
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- The research published on gender roles in young adult fiction is more limited than that of children's literature, but no less important to study for its potential impact on adolescence. Dystopian literature for young adults is growing increasingly popular. This study used content analysis to examine fifteen dystopian novels for young adults for the presence of gender bias and stereotypes based on sixteen predefined characteristics. Gender Schema Theory, the idea that children learn gender roles from society, is used as a basis for defining gender stereotypes. Results were coded to detect trends in gender stereotypes present in the sample. No gender bias was identified in the sample. Characters of both genders displayed traits against their stereotypical norm. An analysis of these observations will hopefully illuminate how gender roles are portrayed in dystopian fiction for young adults.
- Date of publication
- April 2011
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- Advisor
- Hughes-Hassell, Sandra
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- 44
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- abb1808a-3405-4d7b-866b-f35807dc08b2
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- Open access
- Date uploaded
- March 6, 2013
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