The (re)presentation of knowledge about gender in children’s picture dictionaries
Original version
Iversen, S. H. (2021). The (re)presentation of knowledge about gender in children’s picture dictionaries: Theoretical and analytical approaches. In N. Goga, S. H. Iversen, & A.-S. Teigland (Eds.), Verbal and visual strategies in nonfiction picturebooks (pp. 67–79). Universitetsforlaget. 10.18261/9788215042459-2021-06Abstract
This chapter argues that picture dictionaries offer a more complex relationship between visual and verbal elements that goes beyond a simple representation of linguistic facts. Comparing the interplay between the visual and verbal across dictionaries, the chapter investigates the presentation of knowledge about gender in monolingual British picture dictionaries from the last 30 years, focusing on prototypes and stereotypes in the context of occupational roles.