Nancy Taber

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the interaction between organizational policies and daily work practices of paramedics and firefighters within two emergency response organizations and find that they learn in practice through increasing collaboration with others, and in broader context of legitimate peripheral participation.

TL;DR: This article explored how characters in The Hunger Games trilogy are portrayed relative to Connell's gendered discourses of hegemonic masculinity, marginal masculinity, and emphasized femininity, and concluded that, while the trilogy could be read as taking a feminist stance with a strong female protagonist, it nonetheless also constrains Katniss in heteronormative ways.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors document the experiences of four girls with reading difficulties who participated in a book club designed to promote critical discussion of sociocultural gender issues Throughout the reading of The Hunger Games, the girls might view characters and plotlines that presented and challenged various forms of masculinity and femininity with respect to their own positioning as struggling readers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on gendered themes promulgated in three books written in diary cartoon form, which promote heteronormative gender roles for boys and girls by endorsing traditional femininities and hegemonic masculinities through the following themes: popularity, mean girls/bullying, selfconcept and self-esteem, friendship, and adult naivete.