Lane W. Clarke
Power through Voicing Others: Girls' Positioning of Boys in Literature Circle Discussions
Northern Kentucky University
qualitative study uses analysis literature circle discussions illuminate larger issues gender social class group fifthgrade students examining four students positioned positioned within literature conversations demonstrate roles reproduced certain genderand classspecific storylines storylines served empower girls literacy development simultaneously disempowering literacy development boys draw upon positioning davies amp harre 1990 voicing bakhtin 1986 power foucault 1977 lenses analyze students discussions literature connect discussions larger cultural storylines order demonstrate connection small literature circles greater gender social class influences