Gender role stereotyping of parents in children's picture books: The invisible father

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 145-151

  Anderson, David A ^a   Hamilton, Mykol ^a  

^a CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's literature; Gender stereotypes; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944340599     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-1290-8     Document Type: Article

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