SEX ROLES INCORPORATED IN TOYS

• Authors: Maciejewska-Mroczek E.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article presents toys as meaningful reflections of culture, which, while being a tool in the process of culturalisation, transmit some cultural content, meaningful to the society that has produced them. The role a toy plays in the process of internalisation of gender roles is an important aspect of its ideological character. The studies on toys and play reveal some general characteristics of the process of culturalisation - e.g. the differences between what is expected of girls and boys. They also show some inconsistencies between the declared and real awareness of gender equality.

Keywords

EN

CHILDREN; MATERIAL CULTURE; SEX ROLES

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 71-78
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Maciejewska-Mroczek E.

• E. Maciejewska-Mroczek, Szkola Nauk Spolecznych przy IFiS PAN, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03056260