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Examining the ways in which Beatrix Potter’s children’s fantasy literature frequently enforces gender and class expectations and marginalizes various characters offers a useful way to teach students the value of using critical literacy frameworks of reading multiple texts and reading from a resistant perspective.
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Swamidoss, H. (2016). Gender, Class, and Marginalization in Beatrix Potter. In: Fabrizi, M.A. (eds) Fantasy Literature. Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors And Genres. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-758-0_8
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