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Tiêu đề
The Handmaid Still in the Classroom? Using The Handmaid’s Tale in Sociology of Gender
Tác giả
Prince B.F.
Năm xuất bản
2022
Source title
Teaching Sociology
Số trích dẫn
0
DOI
10.1177/0092055X221120861
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Sociologists are uniquely positioned to use science fiction literature in the classroom. Despite students reading less, the science fiction novel The Handmaid’s Tale is more popular than ever. I obtained the data for this study through content analysis of 108 student journal entries in a sociology of gender course at a small liberal arts college. Journal entries were analyzed for identification and application of class concepts in addition to an overall rating of The Handmaid’s Tale. Students successfully identified and connected 58 distinct class concepts to the novel. The most common concepts that students identified were gender stereotype, doing gender, and patriarchy. In addition, students enjoyed the novel and rated it highly. The average rating was 4.2 stars out of 5. Results from this study suggest that science fiction remains relevant and useful in the contemporary sociology classroom. © American Sociological Association 2022.
Từ khóa
dystopia; gender; reading; science fiction
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SAGE Publications Inc.
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Scopus