{"id":514,"date":"2012-06-18T11:38:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T17:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/?p=514"},"modified":"2012-06-18T11:38:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T17:38:18","slug":"gs-554-reimagining-the-gendered-classics-little-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2012\/06\/18\/gs-554-reimagining-the-gendered-classics-little-women\/","title":{"rendered":"GS 554 &#8212; Reimagining the Gendered Classics: Little Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a growing list of themes and questions that have arisen during our discussion of Luisa May Alcott&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Little_Women.html?id=MMwBZaorBHkC\">Little Women<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The gendered nature of toys and products targeted at children (American Girl dolls, Spiderman vs. Disney princess backpacks, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>The limits of subversive elements in literature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the relationship between expectations of perfection and ideals of girlhood and womanhood? Of subordination?<\/li>\n<li>How does consumer\/commercial culture interact with and influence gender ideals?<\/li>\n<li>What influential texts serve to illustrate gender expectations in today&#8217;s society?<\/li>\n<li>What forces in society today continue to subvert or reinforce expectations of a patriarchal status quo?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a growing list of themes and questions that have arisen during our discussion of Luisa May Alcott&#8217;s Little Women. Themes: The gendered nature of toys and products targeted at children (American Girl dolls, Spiderman vs. Disney princess backpacks, etc.). The limits of subversive elements in literature. Questions: What is the relationship between expectations &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/2012\/06\/18\/gs-554-reimagining-the-gendered-classics-little-women\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GS 554 &#8212; Reimagining the Gendered Classics: Little Women&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-block-a","category-gs554","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1RtXj-8i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/blockfeatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}