CONTENTS
Preface 1 Their Play Is Different: Power, Language, and Gender Socialization at a Waldorf Daycare, Marguerite Wilson 2 Girls and Boys, Work and Play: Gendered Meanings and Participation in Early Childhood Education, Sue Nichols 3 Young Children's Gendered Positioning and Emotional Scenarios in Play Narratives, Samara Madrid, Laurie Katz 4 May I Still Call You Honey-Man: One Child, Vacillating Gender, and the Experiences of Home, School, and Community, Robin Fox 5 On Being a Boy or a Girl in Mrs. Sanders' First Grade Classroom, Paula P. Guerra Lombardi, Andrea S. Foster 6 How South African Teachers Construct Gender in the Early Years of Schooling, Deevia Bhana 7 Race, Space, and Girls' Interactions on Urban Playgrounds, Eleanor R. Spindler 8 A Hallmark Moment? Barbara E. Polnick, Gene Polnick 9 Child Abuse: Traumatic Influences and Treatment, Sandra Johnson 10 Teacher Education Students' Perceptions of Gender Differences in Children, Linda M. Creighton About the Contributors