Familiar Play: Age-Coded Heteronormativity in Swedish Early Childhood Education

Autor/inn/en	Sotevik, Lena; Hammarén, Nils; Hellman, Anette
Titel	Familiar Play: Age-Coded Heteronormativity in Swedish Early Childhood Education
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 27 (2019) 4, S.520-533 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2019.1634239
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Play; Early Childhood Education; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Sexuality; Sex Stereotypes; Age Differences; Gender Issues; Family Structure; Figurative Language; Mothers; Fathers; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Spiel; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sexualität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterfrage; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Mother; Mutter; Schweden
Abstract	Focusing on children's play, the present article explores how 3- to 6-year-old children (re)produce, (re)negotiate and challenge heteronormativity in a Swedish Early Childhood Education setting. The article is based on ethnographic data, focusing on (re)production of heteronormativity in a particular kind of idealized, often feminine-coded and peer-group play with a low degree of teacher participation, labelled 'Mum, Dad, Child play' by the children. Our results show that children's play is structured by certain themes, such as family and home, and certain gendered and/or age-coded positions, such as mother, father, child or baby. Age difference (child/adult) proves to be the cornerstone of the heteronormative family metaphor of the play, where the child/baby position is central. To describe the intersections of age, gender and sexuality in our analysis, we suggest the use of the concept of "age-coded heteronormativity." (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01