Polyphony in the Production of Gender Binarism in Early Childhood Play. Studies on development of... more Polyphony in the Production of Gender Binarism in Early Childhood Play. Studies on development of gender identification indicate the presence of stereotypes in the choice of colors, toys and objects in three year-olds, provoking discussions about method. This article aims to analyze the use of objects and their relation to polyphonic dynamics in the production of meanings of gender in play. Four girls aged 30 to 36 months took part in qualitative multimethod sessions with a focus on dyadic (child-object) and triadic (adult-child-object) interactions. Caregivers took part in an individual semi-structured interview. Data were submitted to a thematic dialogic analysis and related to conventional gender expectations. Results indicated that conventionalization processes occur in interactions oriented to the maintenance of binarism as a dominant dynamics in the production of subjectivities in early childhood in Brazil, in play that involves: actions of caring for oneself and the other; caregivers’ regulation of meanings and objects towards a permanence of gender stereotypes; and ambivalences that may indicate change in course.
Polyphony in the Production of Gender Binarism in Early Childhood Play. Studies on development of... more Polyphony in the Production of Gender Binarism in Early Childhood Play. Studies on development of gender identification indicate the presence of stereotypes in the choice of colors, toys and objects in three year-olds, provoking discussions about method. This article aims to analyze the use of objects and their relation to polyphonic dynamics in the production of meanings of gender in play. Four girls aged 30 to 36 months took part in qualitative multimethod sessions with a focus on dyadic (child-object) and triadic (adult-child-object) interactions. Caregivers took part in an individual semi-structured interview. Data were submitted to a thematic dialogic analysis and related to conventional gender expectations. Results indicated that conventionalization processes occur in interactions oriented to the maintenance of binarism as a dominant dynamics in the production of subjectivities in early childhood in Brazil, in play that involves: actions of caring for oneself and the other; caregivers’ regulation of meanings and objects towards a permanence of gender stereotypes; and ambivalences that may indicate change in course.
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in the choice of colors, toys and objects in three year-olds, provoking discussions about method.
This article aims to analyze the use of objects and their relation to polyphonic dynamics in the
production of meanings of gender in play. Four girls aged 30 to 36 months took part in qualitative
multimethod sessions with a focus on dyadic (child-object) and triadic (adult-child-object)
interactions. Caregivers took part in an individual semi-structured interview. Data were
submitted to a thematic dialogic analysis and related to conventional gender expectations. Results
indicated that conventionalization processes occur in interactions oriented to the maintenance
of binarism as a dominant dynamics in the production of subjectivities in early childhood in
Brazil, in play that involves: actions of caring for oneself and the other; caregivers’ regulation of
meanings and objects towards a permanence of gender stereotypes; and ambivalences that may
indicate change in course.
in the choice of colors, toys and objects in three year-olds, provoking discussions about method.
This article aims to analyze the use of objects and their relation to polyphonic dynamics in the
production of meanings of gender in play. Four girls aged 30 to 36 months took part in qualitative
multimethod sessions with a focus on dyadic (child-object) and triadic (adult-child-object)
interactions. Caregivers took part in an individual semi-structured interview. Data were
submitted to a thematic dialogic analysis and related to conventional gender expectations. Results
indicated that conventionalization processes occur in interactions oriented to the maintenance
of binarism as a dominant dynamics in the production of subjectivities in early childhood in
Brazil, in play that involves: actions of caring for oneself and the other; caregivers’ regulation of
meanings and objects towards a permanence of gender stereotypes; and ambivalences that may
indicate change in course.