Moya-Guijarro, A. Jesús and Eija Ventola, editors. A Multimodal Approach to Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Picture Books. Routledge, 2021. 306 pages
Abstract:Gender stereotypes are socially assigned to people from a very early age. They place psychological effects on the individual ranging from self-esteem issues to ambition and expectations, and may effectively shape the way in which society acts and reacts in any given discursive situation. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) describes a gender stereotype as "a generalised view or preconception about attributes, or characteristics that are or ought to be possessed by women and men or the … Show more
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