"Happy consciousness": Hegemony and hidden curricula in literacy readers between 1977 and 1991
Abstract
When five widely used literacy series were content analyzed in 1977, racism, sexism and socio-economic stereotyping were discovered to "abound" in the texts. This reconstruction of that study finds today's readers have improved, but only slightly.
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Quiglye, A. B.,
&
Holsinger, E.
(1993).
"Happy consciousness": Hegemony and hidden curricula in literacy readers between 1977 and 1991.
Adult Education Research Conference.
"Happy consciousness": Hegemony and hidden curricula in literacy readers between 1977 and 1991
When five widely used literacy series were content analyzed in 1977, racism, sexism and socio-economic stereotyping were discovered to "abound" in the texts. This reconstruction of that study finds today's readers have improved, but only slightly.
