women

Presents the author's argument concerning sexism in the Harry Potter series, covering themes of rule following, intelligence, validating, enabling, mothering, and resistance and exploring the construction of gender roles in the books, and discusses possibilities for school curriculums that incorporate a critical analysis of the texts.

An analysis of female characters in Shakespeare's plays, looking at how they changed over the course of Shakespeare's career.

Explores how African-American women have been portrayed in the writings of James Baldwin, discussing how his development of female characters has progressed throughout his thirty-year career.