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Author Hopper, Gill, 1953- author.

Title Art, education and gender : the shaping of female ambition / Gill Hopper, University of Reading, UK
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (xx, 177 pages)
Series Palgrave studies in gender and education
Palgrave studies in gender and education.
Contents Indentity -- The construction of women as artists: art, gender and society -- Women, subject choice and employment -- Women and art education
Summary Why do girls study art and why do girls become primary teachers? This book examines and reveals the powerful influence of the family, the school and the state in shaping female identity and constructing notions of gender appropriateness. It also discusses the status of art at school and the position of women artists in society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Girls -- Education -- Social aspects
Sex differences in education -- Social aspects
Art -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Role expectation.
Women artists.
Women art teachers.
Education.
Educational: Art & design.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Women artists
Women art teachers
Sex differences in education -- Social aspects
Role expectation
Art -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137408570
113740857X
134955376X
9781349553761