"Taste the Difference": The Children's Book for Boys and The Children's Book for Girls in Boris Akunin's "Genres" Project. (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Savkina, Irina
• Is Part Of: Russian studies in literature. Volume 52:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 190
• Page End: 204
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Literature; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Periodicals; 891.7
• DOI: 10.1080/10611975.2016.1243383
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1061-1975

Abstract

Abstract : The article compares two texts that were published as part of Boris Akunin's "Genres" project from a gender perspective: The Children's Book for Boys and The Children's Book for Girls . The author concludes that the books reproduce traditional notions of masculinity and particularly femininity. The girl target audience of the book is invited to self-identify with some universal, essentialist model of femininity, which reproduced patriarchal gender stereotypes.