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Gendered Fictions
by Wayne Martino and Bronwyn Mellor
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Type | Book |
| Pages | 100 |
| Published | October 2000 |
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Gendered Fictions helps students explore how fiction and nonfiction texts construct gender by encouraging readers to take up "gendered" reading positions that support or challenge particular versions of masculinity and femininity.
Martino, Wayne and Bronwyn Mellor. 2000. Gendered Fictions. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
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